[user104658]

We DON'T live in "dangerous times". That doesn't mean that we live in "safe times" or that the world isn't dangerous. That's where people seem to be getting confused. Saying that we live in dangerous "times" suggests that there is something abnormal or different about the "times" compared to the entirity of history. We arguably live in a more dangerous world than the world of the latter half of the 20th century (IF you ignore cold war rumblings, as nothing actually kicked off). Before that? The world has ALWAYS been a vaguely dangerous place for the average person... and if you bother to look at the actual stats for even 5 seconds it becomes VERY obvious that, if you are a healthy adult, your risk of dropping dead tomorrow (by any means) is far less (FAR far less) than at any other point in history. If you take road traffic deaths out of the equation that difference is even more staggering.

Does that mean there aren't dangers in the world? No, of course there are dangers. It's a dangerous world, but these are not especially dangerous times. If anyone has ANY facts or figures to dispute that - I will happily alter my stance.