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Authored by: MDT on Monday, December 24 2012 @ 11:16 AM EST |
Just look at the way we've been trained to be terrified of ten thousand or so
armed lunatics who want to ruin our way of life (and are succeeding). We've
given up tons of personal liberties and privacy in the name of safety. We're
even ok telling our kids it's ok if some stranger runs their hands over them in
an airport.
I've read comments from people who said anything that makes a flight safer is
worth it, even exposure to dangerous radiation, and anyone who protests is
labeled as a nut job. Between the government screaming 'terror' to gather more
power to itself (such as warantless wiretapping, pulling your e-mails without a
warrant, etc) and the media screaming about terror and lack of safety everytime
something bad happens (because they get better ratings the more scary they can
make the world seem), is it any wonder people now days are more afraid of
everything?
We have a populace that lives in fear because they've been told for 20+ years
they need to be afraid afraid afraid.
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Authored by: myNym on Monday, December 24 2012 @ 01:48 PM EST |
What would you do if some one started killing your kids?
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Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, December 24 2012 @ 03:59 PM EST |
Here in the US, kids were routinely subjected to "nuclear attack
drills".
Must leave some traces in their psyche.
No wonder people are afraid.
And then media hyping any unproven risk to look like imminent
death-and-crippling of children.
No wonder people are afraid.
Plus a good sprinkling of (true or embellished) bad-cop-stories to cause
redirection of such fears.
Should be ready.
Never had the collective-hysteria training at home and not watching TV, so I
think I cannot fathom the US reality.
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- "Duck and Cover" - Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, December 27 2012 @ 12:30 AM EST
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Authored by: coats on Wednesday, December 26 2012 @ 10:24 AM EST |
...afraid of their own government since the days of George
III
Actually: since at least the days of Henry II.
FWIW.
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