As well they should. Indeed, that is one of their secondary uses: to scare people. It is, of course, a use that can be enlisted both for good and for evil. And when things work right a use that can sometimes suffice to help avoid their primary use.
I trust, that you were being ironic, though, and making the same point under the cover of dry wit. (Still for the sort of folks Rush holds live in Rio Linda, we do want to spell things out, don't we?)
Yes, for those who live in Rio Linda, I was being sarcastic.
It ain't funny, though, if I have to explain it. ;-)