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Re:Snowden granted 1-year asylum in Russia, leaves airport by belorn on Thursday August 01, 2013 @10:59AM (#6140727)
If you want something more easy comparable, lets compare terrorism kills vs murder rates. How much police resource is spent per murder citizen vs killed by terrorism.

Do anyone really think that the US would spend the same amount of money catching a shotgun wielding mass murderer who robs liqueur stores, or the same shotgun wielding guy that has a terrorism manifesto posted on youtube but with no prior kills on his hands. Who of the two is more likely to have biggest kill count in the end?

Re:Snowden granted 1-year asylum in Russia, leaves airport by refurb on Thursday August 01, 2013 @12:01PM (#6141217)
I would say the terrorist is likely to have the highest body count in the end.

Do some rough math on 9/11. 9 terrorists and 2977 deaths (331/terrorist).

The most prolific mass murders have "alleged" death tolls in the hundreds, but most are only multiples of ten.

Re:Snowden granted 1-year asylum in Russia, leaves airport by belorn on Thursday August 01, 2013 @05:29PM (#6143665)
That is average number spread out over all the terrorists and not median. Trying to merge those two concept is a common way to use statistic to mislead.

The question was if a shotgun wielding guy posting a video on Youtube is more likely to kill more people than a shotgun wielding mass murderer who robs liqueur stores. To clarify, he doesn't have a time machine to suddenly transfer himself to 2001.

Re:Snowden granted 1-year asylum in Russia, leaves airport by thezilch on Thursday August 01, 2013 @12:47PM (#6141588)
Not fair; the public was not prepared to deal with that situation; now they are. Pilots carry; attendants and passengers are knowledgeable to fight back. And that's including revoking most of what the TSA has become.
Re:Snowden granted 1-year asylum in Russia, leaves airport by dllthomas on Thursday August 01, 2013 @03:03PM (#6142653)
Also, the cockpit doors are reinforced.
Re:Snowden granted 1-year asylum in Russia, leaves airport by cmircea on Thursday August 01, 2013 @12:47PM (#6141587)
That's mostly a consequence of planes and skyscrapers having lots of people.

The death count could as well be seen with a place accidentally crashing into the Empire State Building.