American civilians killed by terrorists since 9/11: 0 — American civilians killed by FEAR OF terrorism: 1,500+
sra.org/about_press_release-2006-04_Gigerenze...Posted Jan 2, 2008, 7:40 PM UTC
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Nice article. However there have been some Americans killed in terrorist incidents (Bali, 2002 comes to mind). No where near the 1500+ or course. But remember they hate us for our "freedoms"....
Of course the paper doesn't say that no Americans have been killed, thats just from the title here.
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However there have been some Americans killed in terrorist incidents
Sorry, I checked wikipedia and must have missed that.
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I'd count the Beltway Snipers as terrorists...
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they're not muslim, it doesn't count
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I thought they were Muslim, actually.
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It happens, no problem, good story though.
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On a side note, I wonder how much of the current oil prices is from the increased demand from the overreaction to 9/11?
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Would the execution of Daniel Pearl count?
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Of course, the 1500 doesn't include the soldiers who were killed, maimed or committed suicide in Iraq.
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I know the article says "civilians", but last I knew, soldiers were people too.
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But it isn't terrorism to attack a military target.
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How about civilian contractors working on e.g. infrastructure projects in Iraq? Executed aid workers? etc. The headline is not plausible.
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Nonsense, our terrorist troops have slaughtered hundreds of thousands of civilians in Iraq.
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http://reddit.com/info/608b2/comments/c02ftqp
If this is true perhaps it's time I start to consider my retirement. It wasn't always easy being a truth warrior. Sure, I sacrifice square meals, a social life, sexual intercourse with human females, grades and money but to clean up reddit no sacrifice is too great. Taking a page from Jewliani's book, no cost is too great. I'd waterboard and torture every last person who submits an Alex Jones article to reddit. All Farkers care about is beer and boobies and, to be honest, after attending a Drew Curtis book signing I never returned. Then Kevin Rose's authoritarian rule of Digg solely to turn profit (plus his jackassery on that worthless pos G4 network) drove me away (also the banning from loling at Pat "Fucking" Tillman's death). reddit was the last bastion of semi-intellectualism as far as social news sites goes (slashdot is just filled with virgin nerds) and I hated to see it overrun by truther sheeple. Viva reddit, you will never silence me! You will never downmod the truth (although you may upmod some blatant lies)!
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Big butts?
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Here [pdf] is an earlier paper by the same author analyzing the increase in traffic deaths in the three months following 9/11.
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Anthrax?
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I might be crazy here but what about all those reporters in places like Iraq and Afghanistan that have been kidnapped and executed? I know it is not 1,500, but certainly it has been more than a few.
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Excellent post! Academic papers contribute a lot to reddit..
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they also fail to mention all the americans who've been killed due to the new post 9/11 world where cops itch to taser people and are able to break into homes unannounced.
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The submitted title is misleading. The article does not conclude that air travel is down because of fear:
While we can’t be sure of the reasons and motives for changes in American consumer behavior, the facts remain
Maybe people of just tired of TSA's bullshit, or piss-poor service from the airliners, or long delays, or any number of things.
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From this article [pdf]: "the national revenue passenger miles decreased in October, November, and December 2001 by 20%, 17%, and 12%, respectively, compared with the same months in 2000".
I'm pretty confident this drastic decrease in air traffic wasn't simply because of "TSA's bullshit, or piss-poor service". For Oct-Dec 2001 alone the author calculated ~350 additional traffic deaths.
Also note, the article only analyzes "the year following 9/11".
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The TSA’s excesses are only there because of fear of terrorism.
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Stop driving! The terrorists are out to get you!
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Its a theory not proven....
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American civilians killed by terrorists since 9/11: 0
We are winning the war on terror!
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Why the downvotes? You know your family and friends would totally eat that shit up and vote for me if I was running for a political office. Since I haven't served in a government role yet I could even claim that I haven't voted to raise taxes or voted to support the war... EVER!
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And this rock keeps away tigers!
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Pretty convenient to set the cut-off date the day after 7/11 - otherwise the terrorists would be ahead, eh?
Also, for all their pretensions, "social scientists" aint scientist and this post doesn't belong under "science."
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American civilians killed by terrorists since 9/11: 0
Thanks Bush!
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No terrorists attacks since 9/11? So banning water from planes really does work?!