Re:My phone was searched at LAX, which apparently is the new...
by phd514 on Friday April 07, 2017 @09:59AM
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There are plenty of legitimate complaints to be made about our current situation, but this line of argumentation isn't one of them. The whole idea that the number of deaths from a particular cause determines precisely the degree of threat from that cause is silly. Swimming pool drownings kill many times more people per year than terrorists did on 9/11 but it's perfectly appropriate that there's no war on swimming pools but a war against terrorists.
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Re:My phone was searched at LAX, which apparently is the new...
by jhbadger on Friday April 07, 2017 @11:54AM
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What other measurement of threat can there be? When something as statistically insignificant as terrorism is given far more resources than serious issues killing millions (as many health issues do), it is obvious that threat management isn't the real reason for the attention.
Re:My phone was searched at LAX, which apparently is the new...
by Sir_Cmpwn on Friday April 07, 2017 @12:16PM
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That's not true. If swimming pool drownings were a comparible threat to readhn's examples then we would of course work on fixing it, by introducing programs to help teach people about safety around pools and such.
Re:My phone was searched at LAX, which apparently is the new...
by tunap on Friday April 07, 2017 @11:55AM
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Any parent who doesn't teach their children to swim is asking for terror, IMO. Majority of drownings are absolutely avoidable.
Even more strawman fodder: Influenza related deaths spiked to over 40k(50k?) in 2000 & 2004. I don't blame the previously worst President in modern times, although I wish I could.