Are you afraid of terrorist, or would you look forward to getting your hands on one of those SOBs? If terrorists showed up in your town, would you hide or grab your gun?
2006-11-06 09:11:58 · 16 answers · asked by Overt Operative 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
for five years i have been hearing the barrage of fear messages from the right...mostly close to election time or whenever bush has a dip in the polls or a bad news cycle...i'm not going to live in fear...get it, right wing fear-mongers?? this is one american who's not going to be intimimidated by false warnings and yellow alerts into falling for the administration's crap!
2006-11-06 12:41:34 · answer #1 · answered by spike missing debra m 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Though I would like to posture, like many other “patriotic” Americans, as if I would be intrepid in the face of terrorist attacks; I know deep inside I would be terrified. It is only human to express fear in the face of something that could lead to your demise.
However, is terrorism an immediate threat to me, to where I am actually concerned about it? No. I sincerely believe the terrorist threat level is an exaggeration concocted by this administration to garner support for their misguided foreign and domestic dealings. There is a higher statistical probability that you will be killed in a car crash, die of a degenerative disease, or be a victim of a violent domestic crime, than be blown to smithereens or beheaded by an Islamic terror cell.
People need to stop paying attention to the amount of focus an issue gets in the media, and study the numbers associated with these events to assess what things are truly worth worrying about. You will soon find there is a great disconnect between what you fear, and what is actually a probable threat to you.
2006-11-06 17:57:20 · answer #2 · answered by Lawrence Louis 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well if a group of terrorists showed up in my neighborhood, I would definitely be afraid. That's kind of obvious, I think. But as far as terrorists in general, and realistically seeing as they rarely make group visits to random U.S. neighborhoods, no I do not feel too threatened. I think I am much more likely to be a victim of a random act of violence or a car accident than a terror attack.
2006-11-06 17:30:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Terrorists did turn up in my town - London. No one hid
As for the gun, point it at who exactly? The terrorists we UK nationals, teachers in our schools, average looking kids. Before picking up the gun or at least while we are using it we should ask why.
2006-11-06 17:18:39 · answer #4 · answered by southbank_100 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Ok, here goes. Liberals would crap in their pants and hide their heads in the sand and hope the problem goes away. Republicans would be shooting up the whole town until the last man was standing. Let's ask our immigration officials what they think. Or better yet let's ask our president who I keep hear saying something about the "rule of law", while thousands of illegals stream across our borders each and every day. Terrorism is being practiced upon American citizens every day by the terrorists on Capitol Hill. I am scared of them.
2006-11-06 17:23:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
I am not afraid of Al-queda. they are largely fictional and nowhere near as capable as your leaders would have you believe. Those terrorists on 9/11 could not possibly have succeeded without inside help. Bush was NOT involved. I believe Cheney was though.
Bush's MOB are far more dangerous. I Fear Cheney, Bush and Rummy far more than Bin Laden (who is very probably dead).
BTW, where I live, the Government have decided that it is far more preferable to only allow criminals to posess guns.
2006-11-06 17:18:35 · answer #6 · answered by kenhallonthenet 5 · 5⤊ 0⤋
I am not afraid of anything, least of all terrorists. I am, howvere, at least as suspicious of the western governments and their motivations/ personal agendas, as I am of the whole terrorist scenario.
2006-11-06 17:15:28 · answer #7 · answered by scotslad60 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
That's not the part that scares me. What scares me is the inability to fly on a commercial plane (especially overseas) without wondering whether there's a shoe bomber on board.
Terrorists are too cowardly to allow us to get our hands on them, except by their own mistake.
2006-11-06 17:15:08 · answer #8 · answered by rustyshackleford001 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would grab my gun and start passing out guns to anybody who would help me kill the SOBs
2006-11-06 17:17:37 · answer #9 · answered by TEXAS TREY 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
A lot of people do not realize how much terrorists want to kill them. It is a real and scary threat. I am sure glad we are fighting them over there instead of over here, but if one actually showed up in my neighborhood there would be hell to pay.
2006-11-06 17:14:58 · answer #10 · answered by buffman316 2 · 3⤊ 2⤋