re: #354 GunstarGreen

No, no it isn’t.

There were more people murdered in conventional crimes in the last year than there were killed in ‘terrorist attacks’ in the last five or more, unless you employ some incredibly broad definition of ‘terrorist attack’.

No doubt there were more people killed in car accidents in this past year than were killed in the Nagasaki bombing. Does that mean that nuclear war shouldn’t be prevented?

Your comparison isn’t actually compelling. It reminds me of people who claim that Israel is entirely to blame for the I/P conflict because a larger number of Palestinians die in it than Israelis.

Raw numbers don’t determine how to treat a problem.