I recollect Diogenes wandered around with a lantern looking for an honest
man and in the end someone stole his lantern.
Here's the sad case of an Italian artist who went hitch-hiking on her own,
dressed as a bride, to show how ordinary folks were trustworthy and
reliable. Predictably (am I cynical?) she has been found murdered:
http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/turkey/8682937.asp?gid=231&sz=83045http://tinyurl.com/6gft6o
" "They ask me why my sister was hitchhiking. What can I say? She was just
trying to prove that people are reliable," she was quoted as saying ..."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7344381.stmhttp://tinyurl.com/6ahlgq
"The ****d body of Giuseppina Pasqualino di Marineo, 33, known as Pippa
Bacca, was found in bushes near the northern city of Gebze on Friday. She
had said she wanted to show that she could put her trust in the kindness
of
local people."
--
John Dean
Oxford
