>People would think beyond the fear...not to say that people shouldn't fear anything. The goal should be to transcend fear and have the courage to change/reject whatever is causing the fear, especially the conditioning.<

This is the point I try to make to my friends who are now paralyzed by fear - they will not fly, they tell me to find a job outside of DC, they tell me to stock my cupboards with food "just in case..."

Fear is a self-fulfilling prophecy of sorts. What frightens one into inaction is bound to happen sooner or later.