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Topic	More Americans are KILLED by LAWNMOWERS than TERRORISTS according to STATS!!!
adjl 12/19/17 5:31:19 PM #47:	mooreandrew58 posted... once again your missing my f*ing point. my only point being that these comparisons are stupid and one should have no bearing on how we consider dealing with the other. They should, however, inform how paranoid people are about the risks. People are afraid of flying, when in fact driving is orders of magnitude more dangerous. Ergo, people should be more afraid of driving than of flying. Similarly, people are afraid of Islamic terrorists (to the point of wanting to ban Muslims from entering the country), when there are many things that present a much more immediate threat that should command greater fear. It's not really about dictating what should be done to solve the problem (though given finite resources, it does make more sense to allocate those resources toward solving greater threats), it's just saying that it's stupid and logically inconsistent to be afraid of something while not being afraid of something else that's more dangerous. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. <cite>adjl posted [p:892521886] in More Ameri... [t:76114380]...</cite> <quote><cite>mooreandrew58 posted...</cite> <quote>once again your missing my f*ing point. my only point being that these comparisons are stupid and one should have no bearing on how we consider dealing with the other.</quote> They should, however, inform how paranoid people are about the risks. People are afraid of flying, when in fact driving is orders of magnitude more dangerous. Ergo, people should be more afraid of driving than of flying. Similarly, people are afraid of Islamic terrorists (to the point of wanting to ban Muslims from entering the country), when there are many things that present a much more immediate threat that should command greater fear. It's not really about dictating what should be done to solve the problem (though given finite resources, it does make more sense to allocate those resources toward solving greater threats), it's just saying that it's stupid and logically inconsistent to be afraid of something while not being afraid of something else that's more dangerous. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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