--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Charlie Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Charlie Bell charlie@ wrote: > >> And so there are some f*ckers out there who have been responsible for > >> acts of terror causing the deaths of a few hundred people worldwide > >> on top of the WTC attacks. > > > > I was going to write a long, impassioned response here, and then I > > realized - you guys really don't believe that one can measure a threat > > based upon the number of people that that threat succeeds in killing. > > Actually, I do. And compared to just about any other cause of death > you can think of, terrorism is way way down the list. Like I've said, > the response is disproportionate to the risk.
So, using this logic, because death from a bombing on an air craft is a statistically super-unlikely event, you would no doubt recommend removing *all* metal detectors and screeenings from airports, because the costs of these measures do not outweight the costs of the deaths prevented..... JDG _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
