>> I respect that.
I think it is kind of sad they have bought into this level of fear.
The probabilities of personally suffering from a terrorist act are much, much lower than those predicting you will have an auto accident or a heart attack, or perhaps even just get mugged. So why worry? I say, just keep a judicious eye out as law enforcement has asked and go on with your normal life.
The "high risk" places are well guarded now and since there at zillions of lower risk places, the odds are fantastically good that you personally will never have a hint of a problem.
This is a BIG country. We "absorb" 4,000 auto deaths every month and, on a large scale, do not even notice it. Tens of thousands of people die from heart disease and cancer every month and it does not cripple our nation -- in fact, again on the large scale, it almost seems invisible. Nationally, we are rebounding vigorously in just one month from the greatest calamity in our history. Each and every day, a river of "bad" things silently passes by.
I remain vigilant, confident, and relaxed. I wish my heart attack odds were this low.
--ken/fl |
