Stossel on Boston terror freakout
As you'd expect, John Stossel has an interesting take on the Lite-Brites of Death fiasco:
Terrorism is horrible, but your chances of dying in a terrorist attack are relatively low. You're more likely to be killed hitting a deer with your car. (Two hundred Americans die on average every year from car collisions with deer. Including the toll from 9/11, the average number of Americans to die each year from international terrorism since 1981 is 145.)
Believe me, I'm not looking for swarthy men with C-4 when I drive those country roads at night.
But he misses here:
Excessive fear of terrorism hurts Americans, too. After 9/11, many people chose to drive rather than fly, leading to 1,000 additional deaths in automobile wrecks.It isn't fear of Islamic terrorists that causes Americans to do that; it's fear and distaste for their own government's agents.
Comments
Posted by: Jason
Posted on: February 7, 2007 02:53 PM
Any idea what the status is on the Boston Two? Have their charges been "resolved?" Most of the news reports are focusing on the corporate charity aspect of the case (TNN & Interference's multi-million payout).
Posted by: Jeffrey Quick
Posted on: February 7, 2007 03:46 PM
"Corporate charity?" I like that; it points out that TNN doesn't owe Boston diddlysquat. But let's call it what it real is: protection money. If Ted Turner pays the expenses of the Boston police, then a trial would be moot.
This guy wants to give Berdovsky a flight back to Belarus...jeez, talk about verbal abuse! Here is B's web page.
Posted by: jeffrey smith
Posted on: February 8, 2007 12:31 AM
Boston Herald=New York Post
Boston Globe=New York Times
is usually a good rule to remember.
Posted by: James
Posted on: February 8, 2007 06:26 AM
Boston was the only city, the only city, that freaked out with the signs. Somehow they failed to notice the cartoon giving them a finger, and thought it was a terrorist signal of some sort.