Thank you for sharing this with us. One of the main issues is that many people (including governments) don't really understand how the protocol works. Mt.Gox incident is the companys' fault, not Bitcoins.
It will take time for them to understand.
One way to explain that clearly is something like this:
The network and code that BTC uses is extremely secure;
The thefts/hacks/scandals have been at the "human level" not Bitcoin itself.