2006-07-29 06:30:21 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Frightened no, pissed off yes.
2006-07-29 06:41:58 · answer #1 · answered by Huevos Rancheros 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its pretty bad.
Our media tends to dwell on things that scare people
(to drum up business) - so we get avery warped
perspective of the world.
9/11 is a pretty good case in point. It was a horrible
tragedy - don't get me wrong. And a dispicable
thing for any group of people to do to another.
However, more people die in this country of
flu or flu related issues than died in 9/11. And it
happens every year.
I think people don't understand mortality - we all
die eventually - its just a matter of what gets us.
Perhaps Americans are under the impression that
it is their right to live forever, and then when they
see that they aren't safe, they are terrified.
We were never safe. We will never be safe.
Its all a matter of degree. If we could spend a
couple of billion dollars and save a few thousand
people a year from disease or spend 200 billion
and counting to save us from losing 3000 once,
guess which one we'll do.
2006-07-29 13:41:45 · answer #2 · answered by Elana 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not completely, though most people are more aware of that stuff than they used to be. But I still know people in small towns that don't lock their doors, and I know plenty of people who haven't run out and bought guns or anything. I think the America on the TV is more frightened than in real life....
2006-07-29 13:34:22 · answer #3 · answered by Charles D 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I look out my window and see a big empty space where the World Trade Center once stood and so I get depressed and have a drink. I don't really fell frightened anymore. I just expect that something will happen, it's just a matter of time.
2006-07-29 13:36:21 · answer #4 · answered by New York Mama 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm shaking in my iddy biddy pink booties!
The Thing!
Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.
Marcus Aurelius
Afraid of what? Some pop corn fart Arabs? YA RIGHT!
We can blow away entire nations, without Nuclear weapons, we have MOABs. 22,000lb conventional smart bombs with nuke blast power but NO radiation.
M…..Mother
O…..of
A…..all
B…..bombs
WE have Tomahawks with fuel-air explosive war heads. The big Tomahawks can carry 10 war heads. They can burn entire cities with fuel-air explosive.
First the MOAB, when the shock wave clears, in comes the Tomahawk. The entire city is flattened and then burned with fuel-air explosive. The fuel-air explosive burns everything left and it burns off all the oxygen. There is no way to survive!
With our satellites we can target every Arab city in any terrorist nation, and then lock them all into a firing solution. Then at 3am any morning the order was given, every Arab city targeted could be blown clean off the face of the Earth, all at the same time.
The stupid a$$ Arabs should be afraid, very afraid!
2006-07-29 13:52:05 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep, sure is. That was the goal of the terrorist, we are letting them win by acting like frightened children and turning on each other.
2006-07-29 13:33:37 · answer #6 · answered by beren 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely, notice how every time someone says that the war in Iraq is wrong Bush's people will jump and say TRAITOR, TREASON!!!... Reminds me of the sheep in Animal Farm.
2006-07-29 15:00:00 · answer #7 · answered by RATM 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"I just expect that something will happen, it's just a matter of time." my resolve exactly. its actually kind of sad—i feel like ive been completely desensitized to things of this nature
2006-07-29 13:42:46 · answer #8 · answered by eddster08 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋