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Originally Posted by RickeyD
Why allow illogical emotions lead to less than intelligent responses on this one.
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Along those same lines, I am always astonished at the number of people who are so fearful and obsessed with being killed by some religious zealot.
When the truth of the matter is, statistically you are much more likely to die from one of the old drivers around here, that should have long ago had their licenses pulled.
Or a young driver.
Or ANY driver.
BUT, for some reason there is this inexplicable, outsized fear of these terrorists who have hijacked a religion to justify their barbarism.
And don’t anyone try and twist this to read that I think terrorism isn’t one of the most despicable acts that human beings can do to each other…because I do believe that.
Regardless of their stated justification.
BUT, given that you are MUCH more likely to die in an automobile (or numerous other situations as noted below), there is definitely something else besides common sense going on here.
Obviously with this tragedy in Orlando these numbers will change (IF it was actually an extremist religious act and not just a hatred of gays and his own sexuality), but the basic point will not change enough to even be statistically meaningful.
So all of you overweight, obese and alcohol drinking folks out there that are terrified of Muslim/religious extremists, why aren’t you as concerned about what you keep shoving in your mouth and down your throat?
The Terrorism Statistics Every American Needs to Hear | Global Research - Centre for Research on Globalization
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Wikipedia notes that obesity is a a contributing factor in 100,000–400,000 deaths in the United States per year. That makes obesity 5,882 to times 23,528 more likely to kill you than a terrorist.
The CDC says that some 80,000 deaths each year are attributable to excessive alcohol use. So you’re 4,706 times more likely to drink yourself to death than die from terrorism.
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