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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
Posted on 05/22/2017 6:21:39 PM PDT by 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."
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cnn; media; terrorism
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Wow, to equate, debate the two or even tie together an equivalency is unbelievable.
To: Jarhead9297
What a damn stupid headline! Someone has too much education and not enough common sense.
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posted on
05/22/2017 6:24:26 PM PDT
by
The_Media_never_lie
(Is it not too late to appoint a special counsel to investigate Hillary's crimes?)
To: Jarhead9297
That writer is not a clear thinking person.
Just my opinion.
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posted on
05/22/2017 6:24:54 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: Jarhead9297
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posted on
05/22/2017 6:25:04 PM PDT
by
heterosupremacist
(Domine Iesu Christe, Filius Dei, miserere me peccatorem!)
To: Jarhead9297
Outlaw bar soap...
Idiot...
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posted on
05/22/2017 6:25:38 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(I've Gotta Be Me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH-pk2vZG2M)
To: Jarhead9297
I’m not too worried about bathtubs ratcheting up thier attacks if I fail respond decisively. Terrorists on the other hand.....
To: Jarhead9297
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.
To: Jarhead9297
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.
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posted on
05/22/2017 6:28:24 PM PDT
by
NativeSon
( Grease the floor with Crisco when I dance the Disco)
To: The_Media_never_lie
>>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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posted on
05/22/2017 6:28:46 PM PDT
by
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posted on
05/22/2017 6:29:14 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Happy days are here again!)
To: Jarhead9297
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...
To: Jarhead9297
one is a accident
one is an act event
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posted on
05/22/2017 6:29:56 PM PDT
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DoughtyOne
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posted on
05/22/2017 6:30:12 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
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To: Jarhead9297
Typical lib reasoning....dogs eat so much because they really enjoy sh*tting.
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posted on
05/22/2017 6:30:12 PM PDT
by
Doogle
(( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
To: BenLurkin
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...
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posted on
05/22/2017 6:31:51 PM PDT
by
NativeSon
( Grease the floor with Crisco when I dance the Disco)
To: Jarhead9297
More people die from abortions and yet taxpayers PAY to kill people that way.
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posted on
05/22/2017 6:35:54 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(patriots win, Communists and Socialist Just-Us Warriors lose)
To: Vendome
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posted on
05/22/2017 6:36:52 PM PDT
by
wally_bert
(I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
To: NativeSon
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.
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posted on
05/22/2017 6:37:34 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(patriots win, Communists and Socialist Just-Us Warriors lose)
To: Jarhead9297
Right.
What are the odds of a bathtub getting a nuclear weapon versus a terrorist getting one from Iran or N. Korea
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posted on
05/22/2017 6:38:19 PM PDT
by
Hang'emAll
(If guns kill people, do pencils misspell words?)
To: BenLurkin
It took two morons to write the article...
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