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You're right. I'd prefer to call those who allow fear of terrorists to govern their lives (and political decisions) cowards. I would not want to insult those wh
by gknoy 13y ago
You're right. I'd prefer to call those who allow fear of terrorists to govern their lives (and political decisions) cowards. I would not want to insult those who wet pants by comparing them with such people.
- pekk 13y agoI'd prefer to call relatively reasonable, unintrusive, low-cost attempts to prevent lethal attacks on large numbers of civilians "prudent". My own "courage" doesn't give me the right to hand over the lives of others and my politics certainly don't either. Any framing which disregards the trade-off is harmful. That trade-off needs to be discussed.