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join:2002-11-25
Ormond Beach, FL | reply to Go Tarheels
Re: Next up... Hey Golfer, what do you eat for breakfast? How do you get to work in the morning?
Since heart disease and traffic accidents are far and away more dangerous to you--and every other American--than terrorism, is there some particular reason you're not screaming to expand the FDA's power to include deciding at-will how much red meat Americans can eat?
There are two reasons, actualy, and they both have to do with fundamental human behavior. One is our poor ability to guage relative risk. The other is our innate desire to have an enemy to hate. These are biological imperatives.
Of course, one of the most important things we can do as a species is use another of our fundamental human attributes--the ability to reason--to override our instincts.
So, the next time sitting around having a couple beers with your buddies, talking about America and filled with emotion and a sense of unity over sharing a common enemy, think about this: You're never going to meet a terrorist, but that gut of yours is going to kill you. |
1 edit | By that same rationale - we should just dismantle our armed forces, since I am more likely to die from eating red meat than a bomb dropped on my head from another nation.
I am not sure what your argument is here? Lets not even worry about security checks at airports??? Do you think this is what most Americans want? If you do, you are sadly lost in this DSLR world. Wow - you are drinking some of the kool-aid. |
