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Good. I don't think one dramatic incident outweighs the importance of privacy for entire world.

I also am appalled the media continues to hype shootings and "terrorism" when they are insignificant and irrelevant to modern life (more people die slipping in the bathtub each year, yet the FBI isn't worried that the lack of bath-mats is a national threat).

Do the math - If the money spent on "terrorism" went to any other cause (e.g. healthcare) we'd save 10x the lives we already do.

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Exactly, these cases are outliers. Yet so many people fail to realize that. Take for example kidnapping, which is the 1th worry for parents, yet in the real world it fall 5000th of the threats to children (by close relative), by stranger I don't think even makes it to the list. The real threat are car crashes, suicide, and drowning which are 1th, 2th and 3th I think. The same think applies to "terrorism", it would be much more efficient to apply the resources to other causes. I think this whole "war on terrorism" and "war on drugs" if just fear mongering that politicians use to try and get elected.