The True Odds Of Airbourne Terror, page 1

So much fear right now is going around, the media are pumping it out, the politicians are telling us all to cower in fear and bend over as they screw our rights out of us, but hey it's for our own good, you wouldn't want to die in an airplane terror attack woudl you?

Well here are some rather startling statistics from the last 10 years.

Odds of dying in a terror incident whilst flying

I won't bring the numbers up because i want everyne to actually look at that graph themselves but seriously guys, do we need to be much more careful? Do we need more violations of our rights which can include a machine that looks under your clothes? Oh i know they say it's not invasive, that they don't see detail but i am sure as these machines become more common we will see videos of staff laughing at images.

Either way it is wrong, this slow progression of violation. Think about 20 years ago, if someone told you they had a machine to see under your clothes and put it in an airport do you think it would be allowed? No there would be uproar, even if a terrorist attack had happened the day before it wouldn't be accepted.

[edit on 30-12-2009 by ImaginaryReality1984]

reply to post by jam321

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Agreed, you know i'm happy to sacrifice a little safety (and by those odds it really is a little) to maintain my rights and freedoms. Not to mention the sheer stupidity of having to check in hours beforehand. What is really funny is that people happily suspend their rights so that they can fly, just in case a terrorist gets on board. They then get off the plane and get into a car which statistically has a far greater chance of getting them killed.

My post

I actually said this exact same thing to someone...but I didn't have the flashy graphic that gizmodo does.

reply to post by links234

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Well hey a fancy graphic can often convey information more quickly and fully then bland figures

reply to post by ImaginaryReality1984

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Well hey a fancy graphic can often convey information more quickly and fully then bland figures

And its more fun

Great thread for bringing a bit of perspective to this subject

I heard that they can still get some weapons past these scanners anyway... i don’t know why they just don’t use more dogs... Dogs are pretty good at this job and they are far less invasive!


S+F


[edit on 30-1-2010 by Muckster]

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