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Old 09-01-2015, 09:08 AM   #1291
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Originally Posted by CroFlames View Post
I hate arguments like this. Terrorism/extremism is one individual or group actively trying to murder other individuals or groups. That is a little different than death by nature.
Of course it is but that's not the point. The point is that it's exceedingly rare for anyone to be in danger due to lightning so how freakishly rare is it to be in danger due to terrorist activity if lightning is the more common COD. It's a comment less about the nature of the subject and more about how big it's "share" of the discussion should be.

I don't actually think we need a national discussion on lightning strikes... I'm just using that as a point of comparison as to why we don't need terrorism to hold outsized prominance (relative to it's actual impact) in the national narrative either.
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