statistics show we are more likely to die from a bolt of lightening than from a terrorist act.
Heart disease: 654,092
Cancer: 550,270
Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases): 150,147
Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 123,884
Accidents (unintentional injuries): 108,694
Diabetes: 72,815
Alzheimer's disease: 65,829
Influenza/Pneumonia: 61,472
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis: 42,762
Septicemia: 33,464
Consider those statistics. These don't even include highway deaths(abt 40k) per year. If we are so worried about death, wouldn't our monies be better spent on educating people about eating their vegetables than waging a war in iraq(which I support)? Thinking along these lines has given me a new perspective on the war. I think also, that i'd much rather die from an explosion than from chronic heart disease. It has far more sweeping affect than merely "death toll".
A catastrophic terrorist attack can paralyze a nation on all operative levels and cause an economic collapse. It could plummet the entire U.S. economy into a radical tail spin causing runaway business bankruptcies, a stock market crash could ensue; the dollar would be worthless; you would loose your job; employment would vaporize; prices for goods would escalate from subsequent hyper-inflation; you and your family could starve; not having employment you could be evicted from your rental or default on your mortgage and loose your home; all economic and financial stability would evaporate; you would have to default on your SUV payments; homelessness would skyrocket; consumer confidence will not exist; tax money and federal funds would deplete, city infrastructure would go into disrepair; public transit would cease; the electrical grid would experience controlled periodic 鈥渂rown-outs鈥? rationing of everything would be the order of the day; many things you take for granted simply will be compromised or not be available; sanitation would be jeopardized; communical diseases due to unsanitary conditions would flourish infecting many; tap water would have to be boiled before drinking it; antibiotic banks could drain from the demand; many infected people could die; civil unrest would most likely ravage the nation; rampant murder and theft in order to survive would mushroom; and Marshall Law would be declared, meaning all your freedoms would be nullified, and the freedom to move about would completely cease.
So as you can see, death toll from a catastrophic terrorist attack is merely the tip of the iceberg.
Additionally, we should be worried about terrorists because all they need to do is strategically deposit a container of the Ebola virus into the water supply of a U.S. city, say, Philadelphia, and you can expect near 鈥渘ational extinction鈥? The initial flu-like symptoms would not be detected for at least a week and a half, which within that period would have allowed contamination of at least 1 million people. It is an airborne disease, so exponentially, additional millions of people would contract the incurable virus just by breathing the same air also breathed by the initially contaminated victims. The entire Eastern Seaboard would have to be quarantined, and travel to and fro from this area would have to be completely terminated, including the food supply. The epidemic could transform into a national spreading pandemic of diabolical and unbelievable proportions if the necessary safeguards are not deployed in an adroit and timely manner. The countless corpses would have to be incinerated. If it reaches uncontrollable levels the President would have to resort to the 鈥渨orse case scenario solution鈥? the detonation of strategically located low-grade nuclear tactical devices to irradiate the Ebola contaminated environment and air, which would be the only solution able to neutralize the virus. This in turn would kill tens of millions of more Americans from radiation sickness, but would be absolutely essential in order to save and salvage what is left of the nation and the national populous. i agree
as long as we dont live in the middle east we should spend our money on better things who knows..its dumb to be real about it... I'd rather die at 85 being shot by a jealous husband.
We are spending billions of dollars in a war where thousands of young boys are being slaughtered in a land where their people don't want us there, so that we can teach them our ways which they don't want to learn. And why are we there in the first place ? Because the President's numbers in the popularity polls were slipping at the time. I was alive during the Vietnam War and you probably weren't. This war is Vietnam all over again. You might want to do some reading on the subject and your perspective may change again.
Here is something that'll blow your mind. You have the power and ability to choose how you're going to die. Most people don't know this. As far as your theory on dying by explosion, you can test it out by moving to Iraq and letting us know. If you really support (and you are just one of the many that Bush fooled) the war, this step is a natural. i think the reason people are so scared is because terrorist acts are random and its a scary thing when you know that any time it could happen and you wouldnt even see it coming. watching the towers fall was like watching a horror movie. also that just the thought that someone can kill millions of innocent people that have nothing to do with any of it...what ever IT is. and they dont think twice. theyll even kill theirselves to get their point across. same thing if you live in a bad neighborhood thats known for its drive-bys, you know your going to use precautions. if that means punishing the ones who do these things, well...
then, on another note, it probably wouldnt happen to you, as you said the statistics show that its not likely to. but it is still a concern.
lastly, you never know who a terrorist could be. it could be your next door neighbor, it could be the mailman, it could be your father-in-law (no offence). you have to be careful when you fly (dont say BOMB on a plane! lol). it just sucks how we cant trust anyone. dont take me wrong, im not paranoid lol. its just the way it is now. but, thats just my point of veiw. i have heart disease and you now made me scared THANKS A LOT
o and probably because we are currently at was with terrorrists...what color stupid are you?! |
