Are you on a higher alert status on 9-11???

[OgenRwot]

To the OP:
No more than I usually am. As it was said above, anniversaries don't matter. They could have blown up Denver yesterday, today, tomorrow, next week...
I will not live in fear. I will not spend today holed up in my house just waiting. I will live my life to the fullest and carry on with my daily business.

For the past several years I've had a constant heightened level of awareness. But that's because I have a better chance getting mugged on the light rail than getting blown up by a terrorist. You can't really prepare for a suicide bomber but you can prepare for an attempted mugging.

[StagLefty]

To the OP:
No more than I usually am. As it was said above, anniversaries don't matter. They could have blown up Denver yesterday, today, tomorrow, next week...
I will not live in fear. I will not spend today holed up in my house just waiting. I will live my life to the fullest and carry on with my daily business.

For the past several years I've had a constant heightened level of awareness. But that's because I have a better chance getting mugged on the light rail than getting blown up by a terrorist. You can't really prepare for a suicide bomber but you can prepare for an attempted mugging.

Stole my thoughts-before 9/11 we didn't think it could happen here,now we know better. As usual with the passage of time complacency takes over. Alertness/awareness is what we need to implement everyday but we also need to live our lives as OgenRwot said.

[ChunkyMonkey]

PARANOID BASTARD!!! I am living my normal life in my bunker! To prove everything is ok, I ll even run out to my mailbox and back w/o my lvl III armor.

Never forget! 9/11

[Hoosier]

I will not live in fear. I will not spend today holed up in my house just waiting. I will live my life to the fullest and carry on with my daily business.

For the past several years I've had a constant heightened level of awareness. But that's because I have a better chance getting mugged on the light rail than getting blown up by a terrorist. You can't really prepare for a suicide bomber but you can prepare for an attempted mugging.

This. People are really really bad at judging what's a threat. Things that are very common (car accidents & heart attacks) are so common they're seen as ordinary and thus not as much of a threat as something that's widely seen on the news, like a school shooting or terrorist incident. You are more likely to be killed by a police officer than a terrorist. Statistically. You're two orders of magnitude more likely to be killed or injured in a car accident. Buckle up every time you drive. Like people who are afraid of flying, you should be afraid of your drive the the airport and back. It's much more dangerous.

Second point Ogen correctly makes is the terrorists aren't really capable of doing that much damage to us. Our over-reaction to the events of 9/11 caused far, far more damage than four hijacked airliners. Their goal is to use our fear and stupidity as a "force multiplier" -- to get us to give us our liberties ("PATRIOT Act"), to give up on our rights ("Freedom of/from religion", "Taking pictures from public property", etc)

H.

[ChunkyMonkey]

-- to get us to give us our liberties ("PATRIOT Act"), to give up on our rights ("Freedom of/from religion", "Taking pictures from public property", etc)

H.

So who is winning the war on terror?

[jake]

This. People are really really bad at judging what's a threat. Things that are very common (car accidents & heart attacks) are so common they're seen as ordinary and thus not as much of a threat as something that's widely seen on the news, like a school shooting or terrorist incident. You are more likely to be killed by a police officer than a terrorist. Statistically. You're two orders of magnitude more likely to be killed or injured in a car accident. Buckle up every time you drive. Like people who are afraid of flying, you should be afraid of your drive the the airport and back. It's much more dangerous.

Second point Ogen correctly makes is the terrorists aren't really capable of doing that much damage to us. Our over-reaction to the events of 9/11 caused far, far more damage than four hijacked airliners. Their goal is to use our fear and stupidity as a "force multiplier" -- to get us to give us our liberties ("PATRIOT Act"), to give up on our rights ("Freedom of/from religion", "Taking pictures from public property", etc)

H.

Have you read Risk by Dan Gardner? I just started it and in the first chapter it talks about how for a year after 9/11 people drove a lot more because they were afraid to fly, and as a result there were 1500 extra (above the norm) deaths from car accidents in that year.

[TEAMRICO]

My WI-FI connection is a little slow right now because Im 9 feet underground......you know, just in case!!!!

With Obama and his crack team on watch right now I have no real concerns. Im care free. Wife complains that the DRACO AK left an oil stain on the couch and it should not be at the table during breakfast but it is a small price to pay for freedom, am I right.
Big O has YOUR back.

[kidicarus13]

+3 for OgenRwot's post. If I lived in New York City or Dearborn Michigan maybe.

[GlockDog47]

Keep it locked and loaded.... God bless and never forget!!! 9/11

[sabot_round]

+1000 for OgenRwot's post.