Am I the only person who doesn't get moved by tragedies?

[Dudd]

I was flipping through the channels today, and the Bowling for Columbine guy, Micheal Moore I think it was, was on Oprah. (don't laugh, I flipped away after 30 seconds) Anyways, he and Oprah were talking about the sniper attacks last year, and how we all were feeling scared and everything, and honestly, it sounded like a bunch of bs to me. What was there, 15 people dead? Out of the entire 250 million US population, that's .00006% of the entire population. Even 9/11, that was .0016% dead. I hate those terrorists as much as anyone, but I'm far from terrified of them. The odds that they'll get me is nearly insignificant. Yet we put up all this meaningless beurocracy, all the airport security, the whole Department of Homeland Security, to protect us from .0016% of the deaths in the US. But the vast majority of deaths we simply ignore. We nod appreciatively as our rights are being taken away in the name of protecting .0016%, yet all the while we're chomping down a Big Mac and fries, and washing that down with a soda. How many people does heart disease kill or strokes? We can do something about that, but we don't. Not to mention all the random ways we can die that no one can predict for, no one can do anything about. It just seems that we're overly paranoid to the point where we ignore actually living to protect ourselves against an attack that, in all probability, will never come.

 

[XZeroII]

One person is murdered and it's a tradgedy. One million people are murdered and it's a statistic. I hear ya loud and clear.

 

[maziwanka]

i hear ya dudd

 

[AUMM]

i feel the same way a lot of times, when the 9/11 attacks happened i was sad and concerned, but i was no where near tears or anything like many of the people around me were

 

[profet]

im the same way

 

[WinkOsmosis]

This level of terrorism has no effect whatsoever on me. I think the vast majority of people are not afraid.

 

[WinkOsmosis]

Originally posted by: AUMM
i feel the same way a lot of times, when the 9/11 attacks happened i was sad and concerned, but i was no where near tears or anything like many of the people around me were

Me neither. The biggest fear I had was the effect it would have on Americans. My fears were realized when people flying flags in their windows allowed the PATRIOT Act to pass. Thank you, Al Qaeda. :|

 

[chiwawa626]

I think some people are way too afraid with their plastic and ductape

 

[rh71]

I think it helps that they mention "extra security" and go through the motions so nobody's thinking that nothing is being done about it, especially after these attacks that showed we were vulnerable. From the terrorists' point of view, I mean.

I feel for some of the families of the 9/11 tragedy because it's close to home. I got a taste of what it was like to lose someone to an event that was preventable... something that was never supposed to happen on this large of a scale. A guy I hung out with (but haven't in a few years) lost his brother in the WTC. Just can't help but feel sorrow for him. If it wasn't anyone I knew, I'd probably feel the same way as you guys, seeing that countless # of people die every day. That's all there is to it.

You'd feel sympathy if it struck you closer.

As far as being afraid... I live & work in suburbia and stay here about 50 weeks of the year. Not to sound naive, but a terrorist attack is the last thing on my mind.

 

[Demosthenes]

damn guys.. if it wasn't for all this pointless security/meaningless beurocracy, al qaeda would shoot down every plane outta the sky and blow up and every building they could... I swear to god it's so trendy to distrust the government in America nowadays..

 

[CrazyDe1]

It didn't really effect me all that much either...yeah it was a tragedy but in the overall realm of things I mean...it's not htat big of a deal...

 

[Masas]

I think tragic events...
lke all the ones described above...
are indeed tragic...it shouldn't happen, and we should do what we can to prevent and such...

but am I moved? not much...
I might feel sad and sympathize...but what more can I do?
best to move on...