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Originally Posted by crucifissio
terrorism has a minuscule effect on our lives in reality...you are more likely to win the lottery than die in a terrorist attack in the west...terrorism sells for the media, it distracts from the real issues in politics, and is a good "excuse" to invade countries...it has always been around, will always be around, and in the big picture, will not matter...
now I can not deny that governments use terrorism to take away freedom, that it creates xenophobia and that the resulting fear gets anti freedom laws passed...but if we look at the real human casualties in the west, its minuscule...
you are being steered away from the real issues by a cheap dirty trick and the media selling it to you for $$$...
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while what you are stating has some validity. let's not forget the men and women who truly believe, who are truly helping and are dying at times as well, the people fighting the war on terror
