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To: TimF who wrote (539687)	12/30/2009 4:22:47 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1577107

I agree completely. Shocking, isn't it? <g> Yes terrorism as it has occurred so far, is something that any random individual, even a regular traveler, or someone who works in an area terrorists are more likely to target, is unlikely to face as a direct personal risk. A lot of people are more afraid of terrorism than crime, and of crime than car accidents, when your chances of being killed or injured from the accidents are highest, then from crime, than from terrorism. Its good to put the situation in some perspective. OTOH that doesn't mean we should stop opposing terrorism even if we knew the risk would not go up, and we know nothing of the sort. In particular if a terrorist get a nuke or a highly effective bio agent those odds could change quickly. I don't consider either of those to be likely in the near future, but we need to work to keep the odds as low as reasonably possible.