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In reply to the discussion: If another terror attack happens here will you change how you think about [View all]ScreamingMeemie
(68,918 posts)39. It did not keep me from visiting the top of the JP Morgan Chase building...
It did not alter my day. Was it sad? Yes. Horrific to think about? Sure. Then we move on. And we prove that we can't let that affect or change the way in which we live. Live free or die.
When my son was a toddler, there was a news broadcast about a child of the same age who pulled a bookcase down on top of himself. It killed him. I did not remove the bookcases from my house.
No, my views have not/will not change... unless terror attacks happen every hour, every minuteuntil armed "boogeymen" are walking down the street daily, within easy view. What a horrible way to live: In fear of things that have slim to no chance of happening to me.
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glasshouses
Feb 2015
OP
Look at the bigger picture. And, yes I would. 9/11 did not change my world view n/t
ScreamingMeemie
Feb 2015
#20
I had a daughter in Boston I couldn't reach by phone (or any other way) for three days after 9/11
pnwmom
Feb 2015
#35
It did not keep me from visiting the top of the JP Morgan Chase building...
ScreamingMeemie
Feb 2015
#39
I seem to have upset you because I like and appreciate being able to go the mall.
ScreamingMeemie
Feb 2015
#41
The Clackamas Town Center shooting happened a few years ago. I live less than a mile
neverforget
Feb 2015
#46
We've had fairly frequent anonymous mass gun homicides for at least 20 years
alcibiades_mystery
Feb 2015
#2
Statistically speaking, that's much more likely than being victim to a "terrorist attack"
Electric Monk
Feb 2015
#10
Without any terror attacks I am mostly avoiding cities, minimizing contact with suburbs
HereSince1628
Feb 2015
#4
Exactly, we have plenty of nuts already in this country who go on killing sprees from time to time
dissentient
Feb 2015
#13
Amazon.com already killed the shopping malls around here. Who can afford concerts or pro sports?
leveymg
Feb 2015
#18
Will you change what you do? (assuming you are not already hiding under your bed)
NightWatcher
Feb 2015
#19
Yes, I will run, screaming, from the public square, to safety in the high hills where I'll lock
MADem
Feb 2015
#28
DC sniper terror attacks for 3 weeks had many people change their routines in the area
glasshouses
Feb 2015
#44
No I will not, fuck them, 9/11 already fucked up travel, I am sick of caving. nt
Logical
Feb 2015
#52
No, that is what they want. How many thousand malls are there? I take more of a chance
doc03
Feb 2015
#53
I pretty much am of the mindset that another one will happen here sooner or later
JonLP24
Feb 2015
#58