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Originally posted by RougeUnderoos@Oct 18 2005, 09:11 PM
The study isn't about how scared Americans are of terrorism.
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Thanks for pointing that out. I didn't say that the report was. My point was that the world is less secure, making it more dangerous. Before, you could corral a problem with borders. Al Qaeda has completely blown borders away. They have become a non-limiting factor in the world today, especially the type of threat that is most prevalent in the world.
To give you an idea of what I'm talking about, there have been fewer murders and less deaths involving guns in Phoenix over the last year. But criminal activity and incidents involving guns is up. So by your view, Phoenix is a more peaceful city. That would be dead wrong as gang activity, organized crime and non-homicide violent crime is up. The city is less violent on the surface (to the general public) but is subject to a very violent undertow that threatens to swallow up anyone who wades into the water in the wrong place. At least that's what those of us who see it on a daily basis have come to understand. Think what you want, but I'll be waiving around a lightning rod in a thunderstaorm long before I purchase property down stream of any dam, chemical plant or nuclear facility in this country.