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Thread #68474   Message #1155087
Posted By: Chief Chaos
05-Apr-04 - 03:19 PM
Thread Name: BS: Paranoia ?
Subject: RE: BS: Paranoia ?
terrorism is the muslim worlds answer to globalisation

I was making light of your original post. No assumptions were made. Sorry for what you have endured.
Do I feel safe? How safe is my life?
Define the word for me.
I had a fifteen year old kid shot to death on my front porch when I was seven. My job is to respond to oil/hazardous materials incidents. The only difference between these and WMDs is intent. We will also respond to WMDs because we are the "experts" and are trained for it.
Safe from terrorists? No safer than before 9/11 but that's because I'm on the inside and have been talking about this long before 9/11 and couldn't get anyone to listen to me (I'm a very minor fish though, so no-one needs to listen to me if they don't want to.)
I've never been worried about terrorists anyway. I worried far more when I was young that someone would drop the bomb, accidentally or otherwise. Living near military bases all your life makes you jaded about such things though. At least you know you're gonna go and not be one of the survivors (which I believe would be far worse).
I've always lived in Hurricane Alley or an earthquake zone. I've had tornadoes touch down not too far away.
Why worry singularly about terrorists when there are so many other factors that just might kill me?