I don't feel scared of terrorists, am I wrong?

[ShaunTheSheep]

As title really. Had a discussion with someone I really respect and they're convinced the next terrorist atrocity is just around the corner and it will wipe out some people we know.

Am I wrong to treat the prospect of an ISIS attack as lower priority than day to day killers like cancer?

[Qwert1e]

You live in North Lanarkshire FFS!!!!!!!!!

[rollondeath]

Depends where you live? Isis attack in my area will never happen. London is a massive target.

[Butter Face]

I live about as far away from where terorists would ever be likely attack as is possible so it doesn't cross my mind tbh.

If I lived in Central London it'd probably bother me a bit more!!

[anonymous-user]

ShaunTheSheep said:

Am I wrong to treat the prospect of an ISIS attack as lower priority than day to day killers like cancer?

Not really.

I think the likelihood of any of us being killed or injured by a terrorist attack are minuscule compared to the usual risks to health such as a car crash or cancer.

[Randy Winkman]

ShaunTheSheep said:

As title really. Had a discussion with someone I really respect and they're convinced the next terrorist atrocity is just around the corner and it will wipe out some people we know.

Am I wrong to treat the prospect of an ISIS attack as lower priority than day to day killers like cancer?

I think you are normal. I've worked in central London for 30 years but have never been scared of terrorists, even when the IRA were at their peak. And even after I was a few minutes away from being in the Victoria Station explosion in 1991 and the Downing street mortar thing.

[Chrisgr31]

I work in the City of London and really couldn't care less about the risk of terrorism. The chances of me being killed or injured in a terrorist event are remarkably small, and equally the chances of knowing someone involved in one are small.

[Butter Face]

Chrisgr31 said:

I work in the City of London and really couldn't care less about the risk of terrorism. The chances of me being killed or injured in a terrorist event are remarkably small, and equally the chances of knowing someone involved in one are small.

The chances of you getting blown up by terrorists are infinitely higher than mine





But I don't expect you have to worry about a tractor being on your side of the road whilst driving

[BlackLabel]

Qwert1e said:

You live in North Lanarkshire FFS!!!!!!!!!

There have been no terrorist threats in Scotland since this man issued a public warning:

http://m.youtube.com/results?q=glasgow%20airport%2...

Coincidence? I think not!

[eharding]

PIRA used to worry me, mostly due to family connections - although when I used to visit Belfast I noticed that no-one on the quiet cul-de-sac where my family members lived ever felt the need to lock the house doors when going out - mostly because there was a pill-box with a very large machine gun and several professionals in it at the end of the road. Pretty sure that the IRA would have liked nothing better than to heave beer-kegs full of explosives and ball-bearings over the fence and into the family garden though.

ISIL & Co aren't such a worry. They're akin to Ebola - so poisonously malignant they tend to kill the carriers at a higher rate than they can transmit the disease. A few well placed JDAMs can help with the disinfection, mind you.

[chrisgtx]

I'm not worried,I buy a lottery ticket every now and then,more chance of me winning that than getting blown up.

[ikarl]

I feel very much the same tbf, worried but very, very low on my list of things to worry about

[BlackLabel]

The American stats (I don't imagine ours are any worse). So yeah you literally have more chance of winning the national lottery (1 in 14 million) than dying in a terrorist attack.

"In the last five years, the odds of an American being killed in a terrorist attack have been about 1 in 20 million (that's including both domestic attacks and overseas attacks). As the chart above from the Economist shows, that's considerably smaller than the risk of dying from many other things, from post-surgery complications to ordinary gun violence to lightning"

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/20...

Edited by BlackLabel on Sunday 14th September 22:54

[rolex]

My brother recently visited from Oz, he certainly made the conscious decision to avoid Malaysian Airlines

[HTP99]

I remember a few years ago after the July suicide bombings in London, the wife's Aunt being wary about coming down to us in Surrey from Manchester; we are 30 miles South of London, and point blank refusing a day out in London.

Never bothered us going up to London for a day trip or to do a bit of shopping then and it wouldn't bother us now, we are more likely to die in a train crash on the way there.

[supersingle]

If you live in Lanarkshire then no, you shouldn't fear terrorism.

If you're a Christian living in Nigeria, a Yasidi living in Syria or a Buddhist in southern Thailand you should fear terrorism. More so, you should fear the violence that can follow terrorism. The low-tech communal violence and genocide that can be unleashed when civil society falters. That violence can kill millions in a very short order.

[AreOut]

rolex said:

My brother recently visited from Oz, he certainly made the conscious decision to avoid Malaysian Airlines

I'd fly with them just for the sake of it (oh, and cheaper ticket). It must be spooky atmosphere in the air and a big relief when you land (successifully).

[mcdjl]

AreOut said:

rolex said:

My brother recently visited from Oz, he certainly made the conscious decision to avoid Malaysian Airlines

I'd fly with them just for the sake of it (oh, and cheaper ticket). It must be spooky atmosphere in the air and a big relief when you land (successifully).

I'd fly with them on the basis that statistically they've had quite a lot of years worth of crashes this year so they're theoretically safer than other airlines.
I remember walking past the docklands bombing sure as a child and being unimpressed as while a lot (all) of windows were broken the buildings looked ok. The lack of bins anywhere was far more annoying.

[PorkInsider]

mcdjl said:

I'd fly with them on the basis that statistically they've had quite a lot of years worth of crashes this year so they're theoretically safer than other airlines.

[PorkInsider]

mcdjl said:

I'd fly with them on the basis that statistically they've had quite a lot of years worth of crashes this year so they're theoretically safer than other airlines.