Replies to post #330752 on Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

[benzdealeror2]

You said it....They have no State affiliation and dont fall under the Geneva Convention.

THEREFORE,

They should be treated as CRIMINALS and face charges and given a speedy trial.

I am a 6 year military veteran and very schooled on the threat...It is overblown...I will post you some statistics.

[benzdealeror2]

Using the odds of dying in a terrorist related attack during your lifetime as noted below from the CDC, let's compare them to the odds of dying from a long list of real, everyday dangers.

1 in 88,000 of a terrorist attack
1 in 1,500,00 of a terrorist-caused shopping mall disaster assuming one such incident a week and you shop two hours a week
1 in 55,000,000 in a terrorist-caused plane disaster assuming one such incident a month and you fly once a month ( 1 )

1 in 55,928 of death by lightening
1 in 20,605 in your clothes igniting
1 in 10,455 of dying in your bathtub
1 in 10,010 by falling from a ladder or scaffolding
1 in 9,396 due to excessive heat
1 in 8,389 due to excessive cold
1 in 7,972 in a drowning accident
1 in 6,842 in a railway accident.
Using odds of dying in a way that Americans can relate to, let's compare the above numbers to the odds of dying during your lifetime to homicide from various forms of weapons.

1 in 197 of dying in a homicide
1 in 299 of dying in an assault from a firearm
1 in 5,330 of dying in an assault by hanging or strangulation
1 in 207,261 in operations of war.

[benzdealeror2]

Your odds are better that you will die choking on a Big Mac than being killed in a terrorist attack.

Fear mongering will get you no where.