Peanuts Kill More Americans Than Terrorists

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  • blackredyellow
    blackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    even flow? wrote:
    How about a terrorist with a slingshot and a bag of peanuts. Should I fear that?

    Only if he chases deer into traffic during a lightning storm.
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  • even flow?
    even flow? Posts: 8,066
    BUSH-lager wrote:
    It's amazing to me that so many people just think that there is nothing to fear.
    That for a government to try and promote the idea that people hate us because of who we are, and will slaughter as many of us as they can if given half a chance is somehow innapropriate.

    And then those people who think nothing is worth fearing, and we should all just get along, have the audacity to use a word like "realism."

    - Dan


    If I lived in the area of 3MI then I may have had something to fear growing up. Sorry, the inflated story that has got you hooked, line and sinker, dosen't work on some people who live in the real world you are schooling us on.
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  • Bu$chlager
    Bu$chlager Posts: 500
    cutback wrote:
    "There's nothing to fear but fear itself."


    Nice quote, but I can't live that way.

    I can't help it, I fear hatred. I try not to, but those who live hate filled lives frighten me. Those who live hate filled lives and do so violently, magnifies my fear.

    Please, show me the way...

    - Dan
  • even flow?
    even flow? Posts: 8,066
    blackredyellow wrote:
    Only if he chases deer into traffic during a lightning storm.


    While I'm setting my tent up with one hand and holding a golf iron in the other.
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  • Bu$chlager
    Bu$chlager Posts: 500
    even flow? wrote:
    If I lived in the area of 3MI then I may have had something to fear growing up. Sorry, the inflated story that has got you hooked, line and sinker, dosen't work on some people who live in the real world you are schooling us on.


    I'm not "schooling" anyone. And who's story am I buying hook, line, and sinker exactly?

    You're assuming I am a Bush tool. Well, that's a baseless assumption. You don't have to be a neo-con to take terrorism seriously and to find articles equating it to lightening bolts ridiculous.

    - Dan
  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    BUSH-lager wrote:
    Nice quote, but I can't live that way.

    I can't help it, I fear hatred. I try not to, but those who live hate filled lives frighten me. Those who live hate filled lives and do so violently, magnifies my fear.

    Please, show me the way...

    - Dan

    I'd love to show you the way but until you stop living in fear nothing anyone says can help you.
  • even flow?
    even flow? Posts: 8,066
    BUSH-lager wrote:
    I'm not "schooling" anyone. And who's story am I buying hook, line, and sinker exactly?

    You're assuming I am a Bush tool. Well, that's a baseless assumption. You don't have to be a neo-con to take terrorism seriously and to find articles equating it to lightening bolts ridiculous.

    - Dan


    You can take anything you want as serious as you'd like. The equation you are talking about is legit. They are pointing out that what you are trying to say is almost meaningless. Peanuts kill more Americans than terrorists. And if the fact can be argued then go ahead and argue it. Unfortunately fearing something like terrorism does equate to fearing peanuts, getting struck by lightning, or turning gay. A phobia that you and others just have to get over. If you don't worry about getting blown up everytime you leave your house. Then truly what do you fear?


    Edit: Did you fear the Japanese right up until Sept. 11? Or did Oklahoma get somewhere in between? Get where that is coming from?
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  • NCfan
    NCfan Posts: 945
    cutback wrote:
    I'd love to show you the way but until you stop living in fear nothing anyone says can help you.

    You guys just see your own reality. The position of the Bush administration on terrorism can be looked at in two different ways... it all just depends on your perspective.
  • Bu$chlager
    Bu$chlager Posts: 500
    cutback wrote:
    I'd love to show you the way but until you stop living in fear nothing anyone says can help you.

    I don't think I live in fear. Terrorism doesn't effect anything I do from day to day. I work in an office, I commute on a train, etc.

    I am still accutely aware of the problem. Peanuts killing Americans isn't a problem. Neither is lightening or deer. Certaintly not on the same level, and that's why the article upsets me. Sure they happen, and I'm sure many things have more severe statistics than terrorism, but they don't match up to the problem that America faces today by terrorism.

    - Dan
  • even flow?
    even flow? Posts: 8,066
    NCfan wrote:
    You guys just see your own reality. The position of the Bush administration on terrorism can be looked at in two different ways... it all just depends on your perspective.


    Corporate terrorism vs the poors version of it.
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  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    BUSH-lager wrote:
    I don't think I live in fear.

    Well when someone says this
    BUSH-lager wrote:
    I can't help it, I fear hatred. I try not to, but those who live hate filled lives frighten me. Those who live hate filled lives and do so violently, magnifies my fear.

    I have think that you are living in fear. And I'm not saying it is affecting your life insomuch that you don't go through your daily life. But to have those thoughts in your head all the time has to increase your stress levels.
  • RainDog
    RainDog Posts: 1,824
    cutback wrote:
    "There's nothing to fear but fear itself."
    Man, where's FDR when you need him.

    "I am certain that my fellow Americans expect that on my induction into the Presidency I will address them with a candor and a decision which the present situation of our people impel. This is preeminently the time to speak the truth, the whole truth, frankly and boldly. Nor need we shrink from honestly facing conditions in our country today. This great Nation will endure as it has endured, will revive and will prosper. So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself—nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance. In every dark hour of our national life a leadership of frankness and vigor has met with that understanding and support of the people themselves which is essential to victory. I am convinced that you will again give that support to leadership in these critical days."

    Imagine that - a U.S. President that implies we needn't be afraid. Now I'm afraid those beliefs may be long behind us.
  • sapperskunk
    sapperskunk Posts: 684
    How come nobodys mentioned, that allergic reactions, people hitting dear and lightning strike deaths are all accidents.

    Terrorist attacks aren't.
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  • angelica
    angelica Posts: 6,038
    BUSH-lager wrote:
    It's amazing to me that so many people just think that there is nothing to fear.
    I think there are some very serious things to fear in the world. Including potential dangers from terrorism and other countries. I take this fear very seriously. And I feel and experience it and let it go so that I can focus on reason.
    That for a government to try and promote the idea that people hate us because of who we are, and will slaughter as many of us as they can if given half a chance is somehow innapropriate.
    I personally don't think this at all. I think that many of our world figures are making huge mistakes 'cause they are human and have human and limited insights. I think that those in power have accumulated power because they have learned the basics of power dynamics. They've learned to utilize natural forces we could all tap should we choose to learn to do so. However, many of these leaders at this point in time, are lacking insight and foresight on how to solve problems. People in power, minus insight is something that holds potential danger. From all sides.
    And then those people who think nothing is worth fearing, and we should all just get along, have the audacity to use a word like "realism."

    - Dan
    Just like assuming out of fear, assuming due to lack of understanding can be just as off-base and counterproductive. Further, such assumption can further distance rather than foster understanding and good relations.
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  • Bu$chlager
    Bu$chlager Posts: 500
    cutback wrote:
    Well when someone says this



    I have think that you are living in fear. And I'm not saying it is affecting your life insomuch that you don't go through your daily life. But to have those thoughts in your head all the time has to increase your stress levels.

    It sure does. That's probably a better way to put it.

    I don't understand how the times we live in couldn't raise anyone's stress level. How do you remain unaffected by hatred towards you? I know that many, many people would have me and my family slaughtered if they were given an opportunity.

    Again, it doesn't way me down day by day, but when I consider who to vote for, it certainly is going to be my #1 or #2 issue. What's wrong with that?

    - Dan
  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    BUSH-lager wrote:
    It sure does. That's probably a better way to put it.

    I don't understand how the times we live in couldn't raise anyone's stress level. How do you remain unaffected by hatred towards you? I know that many, many people would have me and my family slaughtered if they were given an opportunity.

    There always have been and always will. If I let everything that can kill me (driving, eating, walking the dog etc) I would probably be a shut in or kill myself to stop the pain.
    BUSH-lager wrote:
    Again, it doesn't way me down day by day, but when I consider who to vote for, it certainly is going to be my #1 or #2 issue. What's wrong with that?

    - Dan

    Because that's what politicians want you think. Politics, especially these days, is about scaring the electorate to garner votes.

    And I'm not saying the threat of terrorism isn't important. But terrorism doesn't just come from the mid-east. Let's not forget Oklahoma City.
  • Bu$chlager
    Bu$chlager Posts: 500
    cutback wrote:
    There always have been and always will. If I let everything that can kill me (driving, eating, walking the dog etc) I would probably be a shut in or kill myself to stop the pain.

    Agreed, but you don't become a shut-in or suicidal. That's a tad dramatic. But all those things mentioned adjust stress levels in varying degrees. Harsh traffic situations, eating milk after the date on the carton, walking your pooch on an unfamiliar street, etc.

    cutback wrote:
    Because that's what politicians want you think. Politics, especially these days, is about scaring the electorate to garner votes.

    And I'm not saying the threat of terrorism isn't important. But terrorism doesn't just come from the mid-east. Let's not forget Oklahoma City.

    Well I gotta vote for somebody. Obviously they are all scoundrels, except maybe a couple I think, but it's always a lesser of two evils. So I try to pick the lesser of two evils that I feel will deal with evil most effectively.

    Make any sense? =P

    - Dan
  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    BUSH-lager wrote:
    Make any sense? =P

    - Dan

    Your making sense. I'm just trying to understand your feelings and people who feel like you.:)
  • RainDog
    RainDog Posts: 1,824
    BUSH-lager wrote:
    eating milk after the date on the carton
    :D You know, your first clue shouldn't have been the date on the carton, but the fact that you had to "eat" it. :D
  • Collin
    Collin Posts: 4,931
    I'm not allergic to peanuts, but I'm more afraid of peanuts than of terrorism. And that's not very afraid by the way.
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