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Comment by Ted Alan Stedman on August 24, 2009 at 11:33am

Jose,

There are a lot of ways to kick this around, but end of day we're talking about guns. And guns kill, so it's more than "politically incorrect" in my book. Personally, I wouldn't feel more safe waking into a bar knowing some drunk might be carrying heat. To me the idea the state sanctions the combo of alcohol and guns is insane. Would that alone dissuade me from traveling to Arizona? No. But I think it's probably a good idea to mention this issue to prospective travelers...you don't have to editorialize it, but it's worth addressing. Traveler beware.

Comment by José Balido on August 24, 2009 at 11:15am

Howdy travel writers!!

I'm sure most of you are aware of the controversy Arthur Frommer kicked up in the media last week with his tough stance against travel to Arizona as a result of the state's unusually lax gun laws, which led to demonstrators publicly wielding weapons outside a building where President Obama was speaking.

Regardless of how you feel about guns, Frommer's action is an issue that touches on all of us travel travel writers, and I'm curious to get everybody's take on this, er, explosive topic:

Do we as travel writers have a responsibility to alert our readers about places we consider "politically incorrect" in our view? Or are we overstepping the bounds of our mission as travel writers when we step up to the pulpit?

What do you guys think??

(And if you haven't done so yet, please vote in this week's poll on the Main page!)

Comment by Ursula Maxwell-Lewis on August 22, 2009 at 11:13am

"Confessions of a Travel Writer." - snide, self-serving ...and he laughed all the way to bank

Comment by David Paul Appell on August 21, 2009 at 2:40pm

Hi all -- a little bird told me the Left Coast Writers confab was a success. Were any of you there?

Comment by Tracey Fuller on August 17, 2009 at 5:47pm

Have yet to see "Confessions of a Travel Writer." When is it on? I will probably need to DVR it!

Comment by Susi Raphael, Host Let's Travel! on August 13, 2009 at 5:27pm

I also thought David was pretty acerbic and contemptuous of his fellow travelers.
Whiny is another good word as is arrogant. I hope this doesn't reflect badly on travel writers as a group. Let's hope in this case "once was enough".

Comment by Susan McKee on August 12, 2009 at 8:41pm

What travel writer in his/her right mind would consent to be video'd for such a project? Not me! I've traveled with both Andrew and Jimmy (who were on that pilot), and neither deserved the opprobrium heaped on him by that so-called "host". (Who's probably blacklisted from Chile by now!)

Comment by Betsa Marsh on August 12, 2009 at 5:40pm

Yep, until we all get together and whine with each other! But hey, that's therapy.

Comment by Laurie Borman on August 12, 2009 at 5:36pm

Thanks for the link to worldhum, Betsa! The reader comments from those who watched the show are enough to make me skip it. Who needs to hear a whiny travel writer?

Comment by Lorry Heverly on August 12, 2009 at 5:27pm

Caught part of Travel Channel's Confessions and thought it was lame. Lots of in & out on the bus not really doing anything exciting in Chile, but lots of wine and whinning.

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