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Rpruett on 23 April 2009
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akuma587 said:

"Terrorism" has been around for centuries. What do you think a lot of the revolutionaries did to the British? What do you think Guy Fawkes day is about? What do you think coup d'etats essentially were when ever the government is overthrown? We just freak out about it much more today than they did, and justifiably so to some degree if nukes are involved.

Well correct me if I'm wrong...But what did the British and those Revolutionaries end up having?  The acts of those revolutionaries led to a war.

 

 

But look at it this way. About 3000 people died during 9/11. In that same year, 42,611 people died in car accidents. Yet we waged a multi-trillion dollar war about one and don't even bat an eye at the other. Isn't that kind of ludicrous if you step back and think about it?

Lets say a plane crashes and everyone on board dies. If it was the fault of the pilot, people will forget about the story next week. If a terrorist caused it, people would be shitting themselves for months and maybe years. I think in terms of the actual risk terrorists pose that we worry far too much about them. We allow them to change our way of life when the risk they pose in even a lot of the most extreme circumstances is not that great if you quantify it in terms of the loss of human life.

Car accident numbers:

http://www.unitedjustice.com/death-statistics.html

 

 

You are comparing apples and oranges.  Accidental deaths versus Murder of innocent people?  Great points.   Accidental deaths are sad stories.  Cold blooded murder?   That's an entirely different issue that sparks totally different responses and rightfully so.