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originally posted by: CyberSonic
ISIS are a bunch of rock-apes and the only way you and I know about them is thanks to propaganda
originally posted by: ladyinwaiting
a reply to: Krazysh0t
Actually, I am not terrified in the least. Just cautious, and not foolish.
You say Isis is not a threat to America? Hm. We have those home-grown loser dumb-asses who sometimes transfer from the street gangs to converted "Muslim Isis". They build some rag-tag bomb that works, put it in a back pack, and walk into a mall. (Think Boston Marathon). Does there actually have to be someone you personally love in that mall, before you consider it a threat? Like the above poster who was struck by lightening? It has to happen to you, before it's a threat?
Nor am I terrified of Ebola. I do believe I know how to take care of myself, if and when the occasion arises. After the Dallas debacle, we've learned a lot. I'm not confident we know all we need to know. I also think with all the civilized world looking for a cure/vaccine we will have one. Everything has something that can kill it. Including this nasty virus.
It's the people who fly in here, who are not cooperative, who know they have a fever and don't give a rat's derriere about what happens to our people, that concern me, and certainly it can happen, and certainly it places us at risk.
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
originally posted by: ladyinwaiting
a reply to: Krazysh0t
Didn't mean to put words in your mouth, just making a point that both Isis and Ebola are indeed current threats to America, imo.
No, they aren't. ISIS is literally on the other side of the world and will remain there. You have a better chance of slipping in your tub and killing your self with a head injury than you do being in a terrorist attack. With Ebola, there have been THREE confirmed cases. One of which died, because he tried to hide his symptoms when he entered the country, and the other two aren't going to die. If you think either of those two bogymen are a threat then you must be TERRIFIED of mundane life, which is FAR deadlier than those two "threats" in this country. Media manipulation has gotten a hold of you.
originally posted by: SLAYER69
originally posted by: CyberSonic
ISIS are a bunch of rock-apes and the only way you and I know about them is thanks to propaganda
Yup and the Vietcong were once thought to be just a bunch of cavemen running around the jungles wearing black pajamas shooting at Helicopters with bows & arrows.
I'm 100% confident that this time next year, you'll have forgotten that Ebola was even an issue. That is unless someone brings it up to say "I told you so" or analyze the public's overreaction to a disease that barely effected anyone. You know AIDS is still a pretty serious threat, with MANY people in the country still dying from it every year. Let's worry about something that is actually KILLING a significant amount of people rather than some disease that isn't doing anything to anyone.