[extropy-chat] a comparison with London bombings

[Dirk Bruere]

BillK wrote:

>On 7/8/05, Damien Broderick wrote:
>  
>
>>Britain 2002:
>>
>>Child pedestrians:
>>Killed  79
>>Killed or seriously injured  2,828
>>
>>Adult pedestrians:
>>Killed 696
>>Killed or seriously injured  5,803
>>
>>Motorcyclists and passengers:
>>Killed 609
>>Killed or seriously injured 7,500
>>
>>Car drivers and passengers:
>>Killed 1,747
>>Killed or seriously injured 18,728
>>
>>    
>>
>
>People overreact emotionally to disasters and are very poor at risk
>analysis. And you won't get any thanks for pointing this out. You
>cruel, heartless, calculating monster!  ;)
>
>Look at the panic about shark attacks in Florida in the news.
>(About ten people annually are killed by sharks worldwide).
>
>Try telling them that 9/11 deaths are similar to monthly U.S. traffic
>fatalities.
>Compare the road safety budgets with homeland security budgets. 
>
>9/11 fatalities were several to ten times fewer than annual deaths
>from falls (in the home or workplace), or from suicide, or from
>homicide.
>
>Instead of rationally apportioning funds to the worst or most unfair
>societal predicaments, homeland security budgets soar.
>
>In the UK we will probably have huge spending on nonsensical security
>measures now, just like in the US..
>
>
>  
>
Maybe Nanny will cut our paracetamol allowance when shopping from 32 to 16.
[Think of the lives it will save]

-- 
Dirk

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