Even the rebels were sitting having coffee at the corner cafe.

You would have to know that they were rebels, guns were not on display and they did not wear camouflage. No clues. Just dangerous coffee drinkers.

Things we think of as simple pleasures may be universal. The homemakers share the habits of insurgents. Up to a point.

If you are after safety, perhaps owning a corner cafe might work. Or would it increase the odds, you’d be exposed to all factions?

Some teenagers in highly civilized, calm countries, are considered to be rebels.

Who were you thinking of?