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Originally Posted by oil pan 4
That was Obama administration thinking.
Don't worry about the terrorists, worry about pollution and sea level rise. Even though the air and water are cleaner then they have been in decades.
Luckily the grown-ups are back I charge.
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Terrorism is horrific, evil, and worthy of fighting against, but it poses such a miniscule threat to Americans in the scheme of things.
"From 1995-2016, more than 3,658 Americans have been killed in terrorist attacks worldwide. Of those, 3,277 Americans were killed in attacks in the United States – 2,902 in the September 11 Attacks alone."
Fact Sheet: American Deaths in Terrorist Attacks, 1995-2016 | START.umd.edu
That works out to 174 people per year. To put that in context suicide kills 44,193 Americans per year, and to put that into context, 2,626,418 total people die in the US every year. Terrorism ranks much lower than fatalities due to ladder falls, which claim 300 lives per year.
The grown-ups should wage war against obesity if they really wanted to protect their citizens and improve quality of life.
Our biggest enemy is ourselves in every sense, but it's impossible to get people into a frenzy to overcome their own problems, and childsplay to channel anger at others to distract us from the enemy within.
The only way I'm affected by terrorism is that my fingernail clippers and shaving cream get confiscated at the airport after having slowly funneled through the cattle chute. That, and a not insignificant portion of my treasure that is confiscated in the name of keeping me safe.
I'm always saying that global warming is relatively low on the threat to human well-being, but terrorism is also very low. From the perspective of distracting people from issues that really matter, I can see little difference between the administrations.