Re: Terrorism and fear

From: Tiberius Gracchus (cryofan@mylinuxisp.com)
Date: Wed Sep 12 2001 - 18:12:24 MDT


On Wed, 12 Sep 2001 15:28:48 -0700, you wrote:

>Even if we can reduce the risks of aviation terrorism and other specific
>mechanisms, we will obviously never be perfectly safe.
>
>Objectively, terrorism does not pose a significant risk to the life
>of the average American. Over 6,000 people die every day in the US.
>We'd have to have a WTC disaster at least every couple of weeks in order
>to significantly affect overall mortality rates.
>

Execellent post!
I say forget about Bin Laden. Let's turn our attention to the greatest
terrorist of them all--death!



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