Well terrorism is an attack on our way of life. It’s a worthy thing to react to. Also there’s a clearly defined bad guy in that.
Just the way the numbers work. Auto accidents are generally a top 5 cause of death, so most others are going to rank lower.
It’s the “and no one is talking about it” that makes it silly. That phrase is generally used to try to declare something a problem that we’re not paying enough attention to. But I don’t think the math supports that language. It’s a high stress profession, with a high level of opportunity for other life problems (like addiction). I would expect the suicide rate to be higher than the general population.
RE: Well terrorism is an attack on our way of life. It’s a worthy thing to react to.
I never said it wasn’t. I was referring to PERCENTAGE of death compared to the population.
Deaths by killing whether it is by terrorists or suicide are worthy things to react to.
Accidents are tragic to, but the difference between this and the other two is that accidents are NOT deliberate acts of killing while terrorism and suicides are.
RE: It’s the “and no one is talking about it” that makes it silly
Well, let’s talk about it then, I think it is an interesting thing to notice that Physicians are more prone to kill themselves relative to most other profession.
If it is because of stress, then let’s compare the rate of doctor suicides to say, Nurses or Police detectives. That would be interesting too.