Don't be terrorized
Reason
by Ronald Bailey
08/11/06
Yesterday, British authorities broke up an alleged terror plot to blow up as many as ten commercial airliners as they flew to the United States. In response, the Department of Homeland Security upped the alert level on commercial flights from Britain to 'red' and boosted the alert to 'orange' for all other flights. In a completely unscientific poll, AOL asked subscribers: 'Are you changing your travel plans because of the raised threat level?' At mid-afternoon about a quarter of the respondents had said yes. Such polls do reflect the kinds of anxieties terrorist attacks, even those that have been stymied, provoke in the public. But how afraid should Americans be of terrorist attacks? Not very, as some quick comparisons with other risks that we regularly run in our daily lives indicate...
http://www.reason.com/rb/rb081106.shtml
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
by Ronald Bailey
08/11/06
Yesterday, British authorities broke up an alleged terror plot to blow up as many as ten commercial airliners as they flew to the United States. In response, the Department of Homeland Security upped the alert level on commercial flights from Britain to 'red' and boosted the alert to 'orange' for all other flights. In a completely unscientific poll, AOL asked subscribers: 'Are you changing your travel plans because of the raised threat level?' At mid-afternoon about a quarter of the respondents had said yes. Such polls do reflect the kinds of anxieties terrorist attacks, even those that have been stymied, provoke in the public. But how afraid should Americans be of terrorist attacks? Not very, as some quick comparisons with other risks that we regularly run in our daily lives indicate...
http://www.reason.com/rb/rb081106.shtml
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
rudkla - 14. Aug, 14:21
