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Re:Here’s how much of your life the United States has been a... by harryh on Sunday May 24, 2015 @10:23PM (#9598362)
Having to trudge through slightly more annoying security is vastly different than 400,000 Americans (give or take) that died in combat during WW2.

I by no means am saying things are perfect, but if you can't see progress in this chart than you're holding your hands over your eyes:

http://d35brb9zkkbdsd.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2013...

It's Maslow's hierarchy of needs man. We're doing a hell of a lot better on the bottom level of the pyramid. It's gonna take some time to work it's way up to the top.

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Re:Here’s how much of your life the United States has been a... by angersock on Sunday May 24, 2015 @10:34PM (#9598388)
We're just going to have to agree to disagree.
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Re:Here’s how much of your life the United States has been a... by harryh on Sunday May 24, 2015 @10:42PM (#9598400)
There are still people out there who think the world is flat or that we faked the moon landing. I'll happily agree to disagree with them as well.
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Re:Here’s how much of your life the United States has been a... by angersock on Monday May 25, 2015 @12:47PM (#9600696)
At least those people aren't standing on a pile of corpses, cheering for more.
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