> when I wonder whether I'd be willing to take that risk, the answer is no. Please, compute the odds. You have a higher chance of being struck by lightning, or

> when I wonder whether I'd be willing to take that risk, the answer is no. Please, compute the odds. You have a higher chance of being struck by lightning, or being killed by one of your relatives, or suffering an airplane crash, or simply dying from lung cancer even if you don't smoke. Violent reprisals work only if you get scared. This is the fundamental mechanism of terrorism, and terrorism has found a perfect echo chamber with modern media, be it broadcast TV or the web and their unquenchable thirst for drama, blowing the actual risk completely out of proportion[0]. Resisting the cognitive bias and refusing to be terrorized is the only winning move. [0] http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2010/01/the_comparative.html http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2010/01/the_comparativ...