Why give up our liberties to reduce the minuscule risks of terrorism?

[groovychk]

http://www.reason.com/rb/rb081106.shtml

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Even if terrorists were able to pull off one attack per year on the scale ofthe 9/11 atrocity, that would mean your one-year risk would be one in 100,000 and your lifetime risk would be about one in 1300. (300,000,000 ÷3,000 = 100,000 ÷ 78 years = 1282) In other words, your risk of dying in a plausible terrorist attack is much lower than your risk of dying in a car accident, by walking across the street, by drowning, in a fire, by falling,or by being murdered.
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Right -freaking- on.

Comments

Right again!

[72orangekrate.livejournal.com]

The republican party and in fact the whole political system is unreal...New world order!....I do not trust anything that is released in the press...I think most of it is not really happening anyway...It is all designed to keep us scared...so we relinquish all of our rights to big brother...Oh...he will keep us safe!...Yeah...right!...They don't give a damn...Everything revolves around oil anyway!The war!...Screw oil!...We don't need it!...and it's obviously horrible for our invironment...ETHYNOL!!....It is obvious...but...our country would rather pay the farmers of corn to destroy their crops to keep corn prices up...When it could all be used for fuel....Again everything revolves around oil and who our country is in bed with...the real terrorist!...I think you know who that is...and another thing when will BUSH ever be tried for the war crimes he is committing every day?....I could go on and on Ginny...and I am sorry for this rant...I know you are an intelligent woman and you already realize everything I have stated here already....grrrrrr....It all just seems so impossible to fight the powers that be.....It is more than sad!...It's shameful!...I swear when we're all dead and gone history will be written about these times...and they will be so pissed off about these times...How stupid we were to allow all of this to happen...That is only assuming that this country makes it that far and the people after us can even breath the air or even go outside for that matter...If I was a part of the youth of this country I would be more than concerned...You know what I mean?

Re: Right again!

[groovychk.livejournal.com]

I know what you mean - and it's OK to rant :-) Get it out there!

[compudoc.livejournal.com]

Amen to what 72 said...our current leaders are back to this US becoming world police mentality. Our troops are committing atrocities, troops are coming home and coming unglued, and we are mired in a war that makes Vietnam look like a tea party. We need to bring the troops home.

[groovychk.livejournal.com]

Yeah - I'm beoming more isolationist-minded. I'm not one, mind you , but I certainly advocate a big pull back.

[kyrie1618.livejournal.com]

As long as we are afraid, they win.

Now cars, lots of people die in cars. Why does nobody seem afraid of cars?

[groovychk.livejournal.com]

Walking is dangerous too. Falling down and all. :-)