Robbed In La Boca Yesterday, No Access To Cctv?

[Gringoboy]

Is Elortondo a trendy sort of hangout then?

 

[toongeorges]

Walking with a good camera or Rolex in Plaza Serrano or La Boca is very risky , Never walk on empty streets you are a target.

Well, the first time I was in Buenos Aires, I was walking near the Boca stadium with both my picture camera and video camera on straps in my hand, not knowing which one I would use next. At the same time I had a map in hand and was checking it regularly to have an idea where I was. My hotel was in Constitucion and I had come up with the idea to walk to the Boca Stadium and the Caminito from there and explore the neighbourhood by walking around. I was regularly checking the hour on my smartphone.

Suddenly an Argentinian guy comes to me and asks me if I speak Spanish or English. I said I spoke better English (at the time somewhere in 2011). He said to me I had to be careful, because someone who was making rounds on a bike was watching me and I could get robbed. He advised me to stay with a group of tourists that passed by and to stay with them until they would arrive at a touristic place and get home in a taxi from there. I joined the group of tourists and nothing happened. I was lucky for someone to warn me of the dangers.

 

[ARbound]

Sorry to hear about this but this is why I bought pepper spray. The police won't do anything even if they're caught, something that doesn't happen often, and since I can't get a taser or a gun (yes, this bleeding heart leftie thinks it's appropriate to want a gun here in the third world, let's not debate back home, I'm a realist) the pepper spray is back up.

Today some guy was trying to sell me a soccer magazine in micro center. Told him no, he started following me begging for money, I said no, I don't speak Spanish, then he tried begging in English (I should know better) then I yelled in my most mainly voice (I HATE yelling, I think it's uncivilized, but third world so yeah) BASTA, BASTA, BASTA, BASTA! People started staring at him and he left.

I had my Sabre Red handy just incase his asking moved to reaching, which has happened in the past. I grabbed the guy's hand and turned it until he was in pain and said "Don't touch me!"

I was abused as a kid and teen and hate being touched by strangers.

 

[PhilipDT]

Is Elortondo a trendy sort of hangout then?

I'm not sure it'd be the kind of place I'd want to hang out at.

 

[Redpossum]

Sorry to hear about this but this is why I bought pepper spray. The police won't do anything even if they're caught, something that doesn't happen often, and since I can't get a taser or a gun (yes, this bleeding heart leftie thinks it's appropriate to want a gun here in the third world, let's not debate back home, I'm a realist) the pepper spray is back up.

Today some guy was trying to sell me a soccer magazine in micro center. Told him no, he started following me begging for money, I said no, I don't speak Spanish, then he tried begging in English (I should know better) then I yelled in my most mainly voice (I HATE yelling, I think it's uncivilized, but third world so yeah) BASTA, BASTA, BASTA, BASTA! People started staring at him and he left.

I had my Sabre Red handy just incase his asking moved to reaching, which has happened in the past. I grabbed the guy's hand and turned it until he was in pain and said "Don't touch me!"

I was abused as a kid and teen and hate being touched by strangers.

I've had this experience already, with the overly aggressive vendors. I realised that English or Spanish doesn't work to shut it down, but I found that "parlez vous Francais?" or better yet "pratar du Svenska?" works to get rid of them

 

[Joe]

I've had this experience already, with the overly aggressive vendors. I realised that English or Spanish doesn't work to shut it down, but I found that "parlez vous Francais?" or better yet "pratar du Svenska?" works to get rid of them

I prefer to let my fists do the talking:

 

[ARbound]

I prefer to let my fists do the talking.

I can see it now "I can rip a fuggazetta in half with my bare hands, let's see if I can do the same with you!"

 

[Redpossum]

I prefer to let my fists do the talking.

Oooooooohhhh, ducky, you're so butch!

 

[steveinbsas]

Unlike Ayn's evangelists, I manage to get by without a gun.

Most folks in Buenos Aries get by without guns because few criminals have them.

If you knew as much about Ayn and as you pretend to, you might know that she did not advocate carrying guns:

Question to Ayn Rand: What is your opinion of gun control laws?

Answer by Ayn Rand: "I do not know enough about it to have an opinion, except to say that it is not of primary importance. Forbidding guns or registering them is not going to stop criminals from having them; nor is it a great threat to the private, non-criminal citizen if he has to register the fact that he has a gun. It is not an important issue, unless you're ready to begin a private uprising right now, which isn't very practical." [Ford Hall Forum, 1971]

Question to Ayn Rand: What's your attitude toward gun control?

Answer by Ayn Rand: "It is a complex, technical issue in the philosophy of law. Handguns are instruments for killing people -- they are not carried for hunting animals -- and you have no right to kill people. You do have the right to self-defense, however. I don't know how the issue is going to be resolved to protect you without giving you the privilege to kill people at whim."
[Ford Hall Forum, 1973]

A great deal has changed since the early 1970's when she answered the above questions (in the United States).

Though she advocated the right to self defense, Ayn Rand's philosophy had absolutely nothing to do with the decision I made whether or not to own a gun where I now live.

PS: I've never known an Ayn Rand fan who owned a gun.

 

[steveinbsas]

Oooooooohhhh, ducky, you're so butch!