Why are people so concerned about death in war but not in traffic , where are the highway death protesters?

Question

highway deaths were 43,220 in 2003 ( the year the Iraq war started - we have lost 2,803 Troops total in those 3+ years including non-combat deaths )

Answer 1

Way to go! Great question. When will auto manufacturers be held accountable for the deaths they cause. When will the states be held responsible for road conditions, the federal government mandates construction guidelines for interstates, to make them as safe as possible. When will the states, counties and local governments be required to adhere to guidelines also.
Your point about more people being killed on the roadways as compared to Iraq is well made. There are many other areas where more people are killed, how about just your everyday ordinary store robbery, muggings, and family disputes. By comparison, Iraq is a cake walk compared to what criminals do everyday here in the states. Did Bush , by putting our troops in Iraq, actually take them out of harms way. Should we be giving more money to our police departments here in the states? I think you have given us all something to think about. Thanks.

Answer 2

There are a couple things,

First, there are groups that protest (in a way) deaths in car accidents, you might have heard about groups like MADD and such. There are also laws and such that are in place to reduce the chance for a teen to be driving drunk.

Also, death in car accidents is (almost always) accidental, you might as well protest against hurricanes as against driving these days. The choice (and I emphasize that it was a choice) to go to war was made by a group of men, most of which have never had to face down an enemy in combat. While you may argue that the men and women who have died over there made the choice to join the army, many (not all, but some, especially in the National Guard) were misled by recruiters (or their recruiters were misled), or had no other option.

Answer 3

The difference is that in war someone is out to make sure you die.
Accidents are just that....unintentional. It is a fact of life wherever you live that death in one form or another occurs on a regular basis.

Not one of us will ever get out of life alive.

But when one man makes a decision....flawed or not....that our country must attack another the people doing that are put in harms way through no fault or desire of their own.

To worry about highway deaths and decide you will never be one of those means you must give up driving or riding in a vehicle. It is your choice....you can do that if you want. Or you can take the risk that someone out there will not be on their best day and take you out. It is a calculated risk. You drive as safe as you can and you reduce that chance.

But when you go to war you not only can't decide this put you must put yourself right where you could be killed.

You have quoted the number of people lost in Iraq compared to number of accidents. Take into account all the people killed in that war....somewhere over 300,000 and you see why war is so much worse.

Answer 4

You are so right! Well,, nobody likes war but everybody likes to drive. A few months ago Marilyn VosSavant, who writes for the Sunday "Parade" magazine (in everybody's local newspaper )was asked a question about how many Americans have died in wars, and the answer was that since the Revolutionary War about a million soldiers have died, but since approx. 1913 when cars became the mode of transportation, more than 2 million people have died in auto accidents. What this says is that driving is the most dangerous thing we do.

Answer 5

good point but you can count on no one listening mainly because they just don't want to hear it....the number of deaths each year from alcohol related deaths for 15-25 yr olds far exceed the deaths in iraq during the entire war...makes you wonder why they don't protest about drunk driving....or spousal or child abuse deaths, or deaths from drugs, diseases etc.

Answer 6

They don't really care about the soldiers. They just hate Bush and use the number of casualties to forward their agenda.

They do the same thing with the cost of the war. We spend billions every year feeding, clothing, and housing able-bodied people who are capable of holding down a job, but choose not to. When these same people become as concerned with other government waste, I'll listen to them.

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Answer 7

You have a valid point. But don't hang your hat on that 2,803 number.

Answer 8

more people were murdered in california last year than died in the war.

The death numbers are meant to shock people into allowing a coutnry to be run by a murderous regime, instead of allowing them to be free like us.

Answer 9

Actually, we had quite a protest to get new cross over fencing installed near where I live.

Answer 10

So whats you point? War is better than driving? Why not burn your driver's license and enlist?