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Being afraid there is as reasonable as being afraid in every American skyscraper because of 9/11. The latter might actually be, purely from a casualty statistic

Being afraid there is as reasonable as being afraid in every American skyscraper because of 9/11. The latter might actually be, purely from a casualty statistics perspective, more reasonable. Also not all countries in Europe are the same. E.g. France, UK and Belgium have more issues in general with islamists and thus more terrorism than e.g. Germany, Italy, Poland, ... For example, in Germany the only significant islamic terrorist attack remains the Breitscheidplatz attack with 12 dead.

paulddraper 8y ago
There's a strong recency component. Indeed, following 9/11: * Delta, Northwest, United, and US Airways filed for bankruptcy * New York City lost $320m in tourism revenue * New York City jobs were cut by 450,000 and wages by $2.8b over three months * Even unrelated tourism was affected.. I lived near Orlando, FL, and the entertainment parks were near ghost towns for weeks. Assuming Europe stops the regular cadence of large Islamist terror attacks, this fades from memory and in a decade everything is back to normal in the public mind.