Originally Posted by dyna mo

sure. i hear you. we all pretty much go about our daily lives. i'm not trying to suggest my mom won't leave the house or travel, etc. but it's something we've chatted about.

but re: this thread and fear, for me, the author in the op hit the nail on the head with the honey bottle tweet, as much as i usually hate twitter battles and that nonsense. but it's exactly like the snowglobes, the fear is being forced upon us by knee-jerk government reaction(aries). freedoms have been replaced by devices to reduce the fear of terror. look how much money we've spent on it since 9/11, look how many government agencies and more have been created to handle the terror *threat*. that's a fear-based reaction.