[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by memason

Seems to me, that if the objective of terrorist's is to disrupt our way of life, they have already succeeded. If we are living in fear of attack or afraid to go out, then they have accomplished their mission.

Terrorist activity is dominating the news cycle, which is what they want. One of our politicians is using that fear to also dominate the news cycle.

I'm sure there are lots of folks that will not agree with me, but I refuse to live my life in fear of some foreign [or domestic] terrorist. That just lets them win!

Originally Posted by memason

The shootings in San Bernardino were horrific and my heart goes out to those folks. But even so, I refuse to live in fear of that happening to wherever I happen to be. I feel everyone has to stay aware of their surroundings, but that does not equate to fear, to me. Fear leads to bad things happening and causes us to paint with very broad brushes. Fear could also cause us to seek comfort [or security] in the wrong places or with the wrong people. In a country this size and the freedoms we enjoy, we will always have isolated incidents of violence.

Well said.