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Keeping threats in context.

Feb 19, 2009 08:41AM

It’s amazing to me how much money we’ll spend, how much time and effort we’ll waste, how many liberties we’re willing to give up in the name of “the war on terror” which in reality is one of the more minor dangers we face in the world today.  

The truth:  "We need to keep terrorism in some kind of context," he said. "For example, every year in the UK, more people die in road accidents than have been killed by terrorists in all of recorded history."

That’s a quote from Nigel Inkster, former Assistant Chief and Director of Operations and Intelligence of MI6, as reported in The Register via Schneier on Security.

Comments

  • Bob said:

    Yeah... but how much of that is due to the efforts made to stop terrorism is difficult to quantify. It's not like it's such a small threat that we don't need to do anything. And, even more problematic, the more our governments tell us about what they have to do to stop terrorism, the less effective those efforts become.

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    • Feb 19, 2009 10:10PM

  • Casey Watson said:

    I initially read the title as "Keeping Threads In Context", which would explain why I was so confused when I started reading the post.

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    • Mar 19, 2009 09:27AM