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Originally Posted by bobnot
They cant treat people like terrorists just to catch the tiny tiny few that are.
Trillions are spent on "The war on terror" despite the facts.
– You are 17,600 times more likely to die from heart disease than from a terrorist attack
– You are 12,571 times more likely to die from cancer than from a terrorist attack
— You are 11,000 times more likely to die in an airplane accident than from a terrorist plot involving an airplane
— You are 1048 times more likely to die from a car accident than from a terrorist attack
–You are 404 times more likely to die in a fall than from a terrorist attack
— You are 87 times more likely to drown than die in a terrorist attack
– You are 13 times more likely to die in a railway accident than from a terrorist attack
–You are 12 times more likely to die from accidental suffocation in bed than from a terrorist attack
–You are 9 times more likely to choke to death on your own vomit than die in a terrorist attack
–You are 8 times more likely to be killed by a police officer than by a terrorist
–You are 8 times more likely to die from accidental electrocution than from a terrorist attack
– You are 6 times more likely to die from hot weather than from a terrorist attack
http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2013/04...han-terrorism/
Imagine if that money was spent on the top two of that list. |
But spying on a person is different from treating them like a terrorist.
I don't think if american stopped spending money on defence that it would go into fighting illness. The US is not some altruistic country, it's a business.