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FrodosPet

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27. No, they want you to not have to be afraid of the Daesh

Fri Sep 26, 2014, 03:24 AM

Sep 2014

I may be wrong - I have been many times in my life - but I suspect they are far more interested in degrading the capabilities of the Daesh and other armed extremists than they are of scaring you.

Hmmm, wild thought, but perhaps the fact that we have been watching them and sometimes bombing them might be a big part of the reason that they have not been successful attacking us? It definitely was not from a lack of desire on their part.

As for power hungry trigger happy racist cops? Yes, that's fuqqed up and needs to be fixed as well. I am not about to argue against that. But it is not an either or thing.

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Terrorists would never attack subways or trains. Who ever heard of such a thing? [View all] FrodosPet Sep 2014 OP

No doubt you will be enlisting to protect us, yes FrodosPet? Scootaloo Sep 2014 #1

I'm afraid I can't. Ineligible (unless you can cover my back surgery and have some connections) FrodosPet Sep 2014 #2

well, don't be *too* terrified about using the subway. delrem Sep 2014 #3

I plan on taking an Amtrak to Chicago, maybe in early December, maybe next year FrodosPet Sep 2014 #12

Oh, that's okay. I'm sure that you can go join up with the "rebels" Scootaloo Sep 2014 #4

Or perhaps you could re-enlist? zappaman Sep 2014 #7

I'm not the one squawking about how terrified we all need to be Scootaloo Sep 2014 #28

You're still more likely to have a car accident on the way to or from the station. Electric Monk Sep 2014 #5

You are absolutely right! The chances of ME personally dying from terrorism are pretty small FrodosPet Sep 2014 #13

This is a detailed explanation of what I'm terrified of. Autumn Sep 2014 #48

No Scaremongering please bobduca Sep 2014 #6

I guess all the DUers laughing at these threats zappaman Sep 2014 #8

Please point to previous replies that are laughing it off. Electric Monk Sep 2014 #9

I can't re-enlist FrodosPet Sep 2014 #15

I've seen posts ridiculing the notion that subways would be terrorist targets pinboy3niner Sep 2014 #16

Anywhere people congregate, or any bottleneck is a potential target. This isn't BreakingNews™. nt Electric Monk Sep 2014 #19

That's why the post is in GD, not LBN n/t FrodosPet Sep 2014 #21

Which makes it all the more WTF when some ridicule that pinboy3niner Sep 2014 #23

"Well, is everyone afraid of the subway threat, yet?" FrodosPet Sep 2014 #22

I don't think anyone doesn't understand that the subway TexasMommaWithAHat Sep 2014 #47

Bill Maher had a point. JayhawkSD Sep 2014 #10

He also said the following FrodosPet Sep 2014 #18

Which does not negate the point that... JayhawkSD Sep 2014 #32

And he was 100% correct snooper2 Sep 2014 #33

Republicans have done more damage to train travel and public transportation than terrorists could... tenderfoot Sep 2014 #11

+ 1,000,000 grahamhgreen Sep 2014 #38

The fact that it's not that far fetched is why it's being used to scare you.. SomethingFishy Sep 2014 #14

Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence FrodosPet Sep 2014 #17

You want to stop them? We have been killing terrorists for 11 years now. SomethingFishy Sep 2014 #20

The problem is not 11 years old. It is 1382 years old. FrodosPet Sep 2014 #24

My government wants me to be afraid of ISIL or ISIS. Nobel_Twaddle_III Sep 2014 #25

No, they want you to not have to be afraid of the Daesh FrodosPet Sep 2014 #27

If it's so damned easy, why have we spent a fucking trillion on homeland security? cali Sep 2014 #26

There are a lot of trains, so the threat *per person* is negligible. Donald Ian Rankin Sep 2014 #29

They ALL need to be dealt with FrodosPet Sep 2014 #30

it damned well is an either/or thing. cali Sep 2014 #34

No, you're wrong, because every proposed mitigation measure has a cost. Donald Ian Rankin Sep 2014 #40

Here's the thing FrodosPet 951-Riverside Sep 2014 #31

Attacking, even threatening to attack, electric powered public transit will get more people to burn KurtNYC Sep 2014 #35

35 times more likely to be killed by the police than in a terror incident-especially if you're black hobbit709 Sep 2014 #36

Aaaaaaaaaaaaand I'm STILL not afraid of terrorists. Iggo Sep 2014 #37

"left wing American terrorists" ??? Jamastiene Sep 2014 #39

"no such animal" MohRokTah Sep 2014 #41

He was as far from left wing as they get. n/t Jamastiene Sep 2014 #43

Ted Kazinski was a left wing terrorist MohRokTah Sep 2014 #45

Based on what... that he didn't like technology. tenderfoot Sep 2014 #46

Read his manifesto, he was extreme left. eom MohRokTah Sep 2014 #49

The police and security presence in Chicago based public transport has been stepped up. MohRokTah Sep 2014 #42

Gosh, you're right. Let's all live in perpetual fear! RedCappedBandit Sep 2014 #44