More die in bathtubs than in terrorism. It's still worth spending billions to fight it

Clinton News Network ^ | Sun May 21, 2017 | Jennie M. Easterly and Joshua A. Geltzer

[Jarhead9297]

"More Americans die from accidents in the bathtubs than from attacks by terrorists. Should we then care so much more -- and spend so much more -- to prevent terrorist attacks than bathtub mishaps? We think so. The reason is simply human nature. And the terrorist attack last month in Paris, on the eve of the critical French elections, showed once again that human nature is, in many ways, unchanging."

[Jarhead9297]

Wow, to equate, debate the two or even tie together an equivalency is unbelievable.

[The_Media_never_lie]

What a damn stupid headline! Someone has too much education and not enough common sense.

[BenLurkin]

That writer is not a clear thinking person.

Just my opinion.

[heterosupremacist]

Stupidity re-defined!

[Vendome]

Outlaw bar soap...

Idiot...

[circlecity]

I’m not too worried about bathtubs ratcheting up thier attacks if I fail respond decisively. Terrorists on the other hand.....

[kosciusko51]

Somehow, I don’t think that bathtubs are intentionally trying to kill people.

Also, I think that if we were not actively trying to prevent terrorist attacks, more people would die at the hands of terrorists than bathtubs.

[NativeSon]

My bathtub has never tried to blow up my Family or cut my off my head... could be those flower thingies glued in there for traction - may also control its bloodlust.

[Bryanw92]

>>Someone has too much education and not enough common sense.

Too much education and it’s all liberal arts.

People come into contact with bathtubs hundreds of millions of times a day without injury. But most contact with muslim terrorists ends in injury or death. Absolute numbers are meaningless. You have to compare injuries per contact.

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[Tench_Coxe]

Would the author of the CNN article prefer eliminatng the scum engaging in this behavior, or the mass eradication of those of the faith affiliated that this scum claims to belong to?
Its coming to that. And the media "supporters" wont be spared...

[DoughtyOne]

one is a accident

one is an act event

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[Doogle]

Typical lib reasoning....dogs eat so much because they really enjoy sh*tting.

[NativeSon]

They are trying to equate terrorism with accidents; just part of life. Five gallon buckets are the cause of death of more children than guns but that doesn’t stop the Left...

[a fool in paradise]

More people die from abortions and yet taxpayers PAY to kill people that way.

[wally_bert]

Liberals love filth.

[a fool in paradise]

Notice they don’t use this excuse when a nutjob on psychotic drugs goes on a shooting rampage.

Rather than address the problem of loonies self administering drugs and having access (unescorted) to obtain and train with weapons, their solution is to seize all guns.

[Hang'emAll]

Right.

What are the odds of a bathtub getting a nuclear weapon versus a terrorist getting one from Iran or N. Korea

[kosciusko51]

It took two morons to write the article...