Tree Limbs, Lightning, and Jihadists!
Peter T.
location: New Hampshire
listening to: Too much of everything!
registered: 1999.05.20
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https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/editorials/2016/02/19/fear-death-from-tree-limbs-not-
terrorists/2ZrHzpP54GBHwbv2AVD6aM/story.html
It doesn't take much to manipulate American's emotions, to play on their fears, and to get them to
embrace the dangerous demagogues who peddle such distortions.
And I'm no fan of the tenets of Islam, but that's another conversation.
Peter T.
If the link doesn't work for you, here are the relevant statistics:
Falling objects kill 700 people each year in America.
Jihadi terrorists in America have killed 4 people per year over the last decade.
In other words, you are about 100 times more likely to be killed by falling objects than by a jihadi terrorist.
Additionally, you are 8 times more likely to be killed by lightning than by a jihadi terrorist.
Peter T.
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https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/editorials/2016/02/19/fear-death-from-tree-limbs-not-
terrorists/2ZrHzpP54GBHwbv2AVD6aM/story.html
It doesn't take much to manipulate American's emotions, to play on their fears, and to get them to
embrace the dangerous demagogues who peddle such distortions.
And I'm no fan of the tenets of Islam, but that's another conversation.
Peter T.
If the link doesn't work for you, here are the relevant statistics:
Falling objects kill 700 people each year in America.
Jihadi terrorists in America have killed 4 people per year over the last decade.
In other words, you are about 100 times more likely to be killed by falling objects than by a jihadi terrorist.
Additionally, you are 8 times more likely to be killed by lightning than by a jihadi terrorist.
