You are much more likely to be killed by mundane things than terrorism (2013)

Re:You are much more likely to be killed by mundane things t... by jamesrcole on Friday November 27, 2015 @02:30AM (#10636268)

> When "doing something" is worse than "doing nothing", then yes we should do nothing. Off the top of my head, the things we've done because of 9/11:

Your comment presents a false dichotomy between the particular responses they took and doing nothing.

It ignores the possibilities of other courses of action, by implying that if the particular responses they took were poor then the best option therefore must be to do nothing.

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Re:You are much more likely to be killed by mundane things t... by TeMPOraL on Friday November 27, 2015 @04:07AM (#10636540)

It's not a false dichotomy when every single thing people propose to do is like that - wastes money and/or kills innocent people.

BTW. GP forgot to add - terrorizing Pakistan. US drone strikes themselves killed about as many civilians as 9/11 attacks.

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Re:You are much more likely to be killed by mundane things t... by jamesrcole on Friday November 27, 2015 @04:54AM (#10636669)

The person I was replying to was talking about things that were actually done not every possible option, so it was a false dichotomy.

I dispute your claim that every possible option other than doing nothing would be worse than doing nothing. What's your justification for that claim?

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