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Originally Posted by Seaver
Rat that does not hold up. According to your theory since we're more likely to be killed in traffic accidents than being murdered we shouldn't bother with proper funding of a police force.
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I didn't say that. Don't slippery-slope me.
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All I hear anymore is how terrorism is all in our minds, that it's something made up or vastly exadurated in order to keep us scared. Unfortunately that relies solely on us actually being scared. I've yet to see one person who actively fears terrorism, aside from a few women when they're preparing to fly. Realizing something is a threat and needs to be addressed does not mean you're scared into submission.
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Pardon? Our nation is in a losing two-front war because we were convinced we needed to be afraid. Go try to get on an airplane and you'll see what fear of terrorism has driven us to. I'm not saying YOU or I are afraid, but as a society, our level of fear is tweaked real REAL high.
It's the increasing gap between how afraid we are and how afraid we're being told we should be that is behind the low approval rating and cynicism about the current situation.