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Is terrorism really any better or worse that any other time since world war two?

• lukeqsee 17y ago
  Possibly not the threat. In my limited experience (I'm a late teen) the reality of attacks are much more real. WTC Bombing. Oklahoma City. 9/11. Those all happened in my lifetime.
  • DenisM 17y ago
    So you are saying that most terrorism acts you remember happened in your lifetime. Could it be that you simply remember those which happened in your lifetime better than those that happened before?
  • lukeqsee 17y ago
    Like I said, I have limited experience. I'm not aware of a cluster of terrorist attacks like that ever before. Correct me if I'm wrong. As a FWIW note, Wikipedia has 3 incidents between 1800-1899, 9 for 1900-1969, and markedly more after that (around 30-40, I didn't count). The world has changed. And/Or, reporting has changed. I'd go with the former.
  • lutorm 17y ago
    All of those happened in the US. This incident was in the UK and unless I'm mistaken the UK had a crapload of IRA bombings in the 80s and early 90s. It seems the UK is much, much calmer now.
    • lukeqsee 17y ago
      Yes. It is. I meant worldwide terrorism is the issue.
• lutorm 17y ago
  It's worse now, because it's affecting Americans. </sarcasm>