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No, I'm right with you Dirty Meg. People who say terror is the biggest threat to our lives are simply uninformed - I always find it amusing when scientists who argue climate change and pollution are the biggest killer are heckled down.
Another road accident comparison: 3,500 people per year die on British roads - some of the safest in the world. In the bloodiest year during the Palestinian intifada (2002), 452 Israeli's were killed, whilst in 2004 97 Israeli's have been killed so far according to ISA figures. France has 8,000 deaths per year on the road,
A greater number of people will die today in the United States on the road (115 people) than Israeli's have been killed by the Palestinians so far in the 11 months of this year.
And because these countries obviously have larger populations and therefore aren't a great comparison: in Israel itself, 500 people will die on the roads this year (projecting into the last month of the year) according to the Jerusalam post. 5 times more than have been killed this year by terror, and even more than died in the bloodiest year of the current intifada.
It's amazing how such relatively small numbers of deaths, because governments and media choose to highlight them, bring about huge changes in the world order and the oppression of an entire people. I think some perspective is sorely needed in the War on Terror.
Edit - added Israel's traffic death figures
[ 11-17-2004, 09:13 AM: Message edited by: shamrock_uk ]
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