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A WHITE MAN waiting quietly at a bus stop after dark is engaged in conversation by an apparently friendly, younger black man. A woman is approached in the street by a scruffily dressed youth who opens his mouth--and asks for directions to the local mosque. A girl begs passers-by for money claiming she needs it to buy food for her baby. A man tries to swallow down his sense of panic and concentrate on his book in a late-night railway carriage containing a group of screaming youngsters.
These are the sorts of encounters that raise the issue and challenge of trust in our daily lives. (For the basic issues and positions regarding trust, see Karen Jones's entry on ...