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The level of paranoia about this is really astounding. We live in the land of the free (unless there's even a hint of a risk in which case all rights

Posted by pmb (aka pmb) Oct 30 '14, 08:18

must be sacrificed no matter how much or little it actually does to eliminate the risk).

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- I understand. I was exaggerating. But the point is we willing compromise rights too easily for modest threats and incremental additional security. -- nm - pmb Oct 30, 08:37
To date in 2014, there have been 24 lightning deaths. 6 in Florida, 3 in Wisconsin, 2 in Arizona, Colorado, Georgia and Massachusetts -- (link) - Focused, Non-Terminal Repeating Phantasm Oct 30, 08:21 1
- quarantine thunderstorms! -- nm - znufrii Oct 30, 08:26
We do? I have not felt that way since The Patriot Act. -- nm - Spawn the Impaler Oct 30, 08:21 4
- Don't accidently find yourselfon the same plane as someone who has happened to visit West Africa (or someone else who has been in contact with someone - pmb Oct 30, 08:23 3
  - Yeah, I will not be flying any time soon. - Spawn the Impaler Oct 30, 08:32 2
    - I understand that's your choice, but by that logic, make sure you don't get in a car (risk of dying in an accident is much larger than ebola). Don't - pmb Oct 30, 08:39 1
      - I have some control in a car. The danger is obvious and when I get home I know I made it. - Spawn the Impaler Oct 30, 08:45
We saw it with the rise of "Homeland Security," the TSA, the NSA, etc., so I guess we shouldn't be all that surprised. -- nm - mara Oct 30, 08:20 14
- I usually shake my head when watching V For Vendetta thinking that citizens wouldn't be so paranoid, and give away so many rights. - Inigo Oct 30, 08:26 11
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  - it is not the one death, it is the media barrage about the one death. nm -- nm - groiny Oct 30, 08:30 8
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      - and I told you many times, I do not watch the news. nm -- nm - groiny Oct 30, 08:34 1
        
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      - not me personally, but the fact that there are Ebola stories everyday, when the facts is - groiny Oct 30, 08:33 4
        
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        reason for what? -- nm - groiny Oct 30, 08:35 2
        
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        where am I acting paranoid about it? - groiny Oct 30, 08:41
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- Exactly. -- nm - pmb Oct 30, 08:22

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