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Belly35

Elderly Intellectual

9,716 posts
Nov 19, 2010 10:08 AM
Paranoid or Cautious

Have we become a paranoid society or over cautious assholes ?

Package on the expressway, traffic backed up for hours, H1M1 that did happen, airport scanner and pat-down but people drive over the borders without getting out of their cars…..
Nov 19, 2010 10:08am
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queencitybuckeye

Senior Member

7,117 posts
Nov 19, 2010 10:28 AM
The entitlement mentality seems to include the right for the world to be 100% safe. It can never be, of course, so we engage in a bunch of "safety theatre", to borrow a term I believe was coined by FFT.
Nov 19, 2010 10:28am
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ernest_t_bass

12th Son of the Lama

24,984 posts
Nov 19, 2010 11:04 AM
The terrorists have won.
Nov 19, 2010 11:04am
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Nate

Formerly Known As Keebler

3,949 posts
Nov 19, 2010 12:00 PM
Paranoid and I agree with ETB.
Nov 19, 2010 12:00pm
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Con_Alma

Senior Member

12,198 posts
Nov 19, 2010 12:06 PM
It is possible to be both. It's not strictly either or.
Nov 19, 2010 12:06pm