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Originally posted by jimriggott
I don't agree with that. It's just that the acceptable face of seemingly respectable governments here in the UK and US can get away with far, far more than terrorists ever have done, or will do.
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I should have added that I do not agree with these lines of thinking -- I was trying to describe reasons why other people weigh death by terrorism so much above many other forms of death. I was mainly talking about accidental death but I think that many people don't consider state-sponsored killing of people (governments or corporations) because they are seen as unintentional side effects of other endeavors (ie. the US government wouldn't mind if civilians didn't die in their bombing campaigns and killing them is not its direct intention. Nor is it the direct intention of a tobacco company to kill its customers). Or they are simply unaware of the number of people overseas who die as a result of US/UK policy.
I personally am not one of these people so I can't really answer the questions you've presented.