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There are plenty of legitimate complaints to be made about our current situation, but this line of argumentation isn't one of them. The whole idea that the numb
by phd514 10y ago
There are plenty of legitimate complaints to be made about our current situation, but this line of argumentation isn't one of them. The whole idea that the number of deaths from a particular cause determines precisely the degree of threat from that cause is silly. Swimming pool drownings kill many times more people per year than terrorists did on 9/11 but it's perfectly appropriate that there's no war on swimming pools but a war against terrorists.
- jhbadger 10y agoWhat other measurement of threat can there be? When something as statistically insignificant as terrorism is given far more resources than serious issues killing millions (as many health issues do), it is obvious that threat management isn't the real reason for the attention.
- tunap 10y agoAny parent who doesn't teach their children to swim is asking for terror, IMO. Majority of drownings are absolutely avoidable. Even more strawman fodder: Influenza related deaths spiked to over 40k(50k?) in 2000 & 2004. I don't blame the previously worst President in modern times, although I wish I could.
- Sir_Cmpwn 10y agoThat's not true. If swimming pool drownings were a comparible threat to readhn's examples then we would of course work on fixing it, by introducing programs to help teach people about safety around pools and such.