You guys are all missing the big picture. There are some serious killers out there.

Take some examples:
Last I heard, one in 6000 people risk getting hit by lightning.
And then there's the meteors. While no documented meteor has killed anyone, the risk of the average person getting hit by a meteor is *higher* than the risk of being hit by lightning - Merely by the fact that a meteor would hit more people and we have almost no way of detecting them until they land.

And THEN there's dihydromonoxide. Do you have ANY idea how many people die from excess dihydromonoxide? If breathed in, it causes serious damage to the lungs and death. It's true. And organic foods are FULL of it! Every year, more people die from dihydromonoxide than from terrorism in America.

... And, of course, sharks. Did you know that more people die from eating sharks than from getting eaten by a shark? If you're scared of terrorism in America, you should be terrified of sushi!

Now, while everything I've stated is, as far as I know, true, I know this is a light-hearted way of dealing with a serious matter. Of course we have to pay respects to those who are killed by violence, but the primary way we can respect those killed by acts of violence is to be realistic about the issue. Pretending like terrorism or violence or extremism is a bigger problem than it actually is is spitting on the graves of the 9/11 victims. It is telling them they died so that we may lose ourselves in unfounded fears. And that is just paying tribute to their killers.

by Sorenzo on 11/24/2009 06:33:37 PM EST