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Originally posted by Captain
This is another of those comparisons that I just don't get. I do not care if there are more deaths from road accidents than Soldiers killed in Iraq or than people killed at the World Trade Center.
Terrorism and War are decisions by people to kill others, and have to be dealt with on their own on that basis. We are a country that cherishes the individual and the individual's achievement and liberty; we should not bury ourselves in statistics to minimize the horor of any one individual killing another individual.
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No one is miminizing the death caused by terrorism but it just shows how skewed our perspective is. People are so concerned about being killed by a terrorist yet everyday they get on the road they are putting their life into jeopardy. A terrorist can send shockwaves throughout the country by killing a few people when thousands are being butchered every year on the highways.
We focus on the tragedy of every soldier killed in Iraq, yet we don't list the death toll everyday of people killed on the highways. Are soliders killed in Iraq more tragic than a person killed on the highway. Can you imagine what change there would be if everyday, for every person killed in a car accident, their picture was shown on the news.
Being a soldier is considered a high risk operation, yet how many people do you know who have dies in Iraq. How many people do you know that have died in a car accident?
Policy run by emotion is never a good thing. If you don't have the proper perspective on events you can't determine priorities very well.
In addition, you say terrorism is the decision by someone to kill someone else and that makes it different. What about 16,000 murders last year in the United States? Why don't we put their pictures up on the nightly news and have a daily toll of people murdered?
