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Leaving aside the question of effectiveness and abuse of the list, the rarity of terrorist attacks doesn't say anything about the number of people who might be
by throwawaylinux 4y ago
Leaving aside the question of effectiveness and abuse of the list, the rarity of terrorist attacks doesn't say anything about the number of people who might be inclined or convinced to commit them.
- LarryMullins 4y agoAt the very least it indicates the rate at which people actually go through with it, which is the rate that actually counts. It's stupid small. Worrying about terrorism is extremely foolish.
- throwawaylinux 4y agoIt's not the rate that counts if your list is intended to stop people who have an elevated risk of carrying out an attack. > Worrying about terrorism is extremely foolish. I'm not debating the merit of the list or terrorism policy. But if you have a list in the first place then it's illogical to say its size should be relative to the number of successful terrorist attacks on planes. Not without more information about the distribution of terrorism inclination in the population.