"Do you feel particularly vulnerable to terrorism?"
It's been a part of Western society for some time, but the media's coverage has becoming increasingly shrill and screechy over the past decade. Do you feel like you're susceptible? Like it could happen to you? That you're targeted in any way?
1. "As someone who saw 9/11 with my own eyes in person as a child..." In response to Reply # 0
I still don't feel like a terrorist attack is likely to happen to me.
I don't live in Hezbollah where suicide bombings are a weekly occurence. Recently saw this Gore Vidal quote and almost did a fist pump in my bed...
“Little Bush says we are at war, but we are not at war because to be at war Congress has to vote for it. He says we are at war on terror, but that is a metaphor, though I doubt if he knows what that means. It's like having a war on dandruff, it's endless and pointless.”
"i wanna hug all u idiotic bastards & then set you all on fire" -Bin
16. "question: if i order Mmediterranean food does this put me at increased r..." In response to Reply # 14
this whole france bombing has confused me do we order french fries now or nah? ~~~~ When you are born, you cry, and the world rejoices. Live so that when you die, you rejoice, and the world cries. ~~~~ You cannot hate people for their own good.
4. "Only when I'm downtown at work" In response to Reply # 0 Fri Jan-09-15 11:46 AM by 8-bit
Around the way at home, I feel perfectly safe. It's only when I head downtown to work around all of these "terrorists' victim"-looking folks that I get a little nervous.
tl;dr: Ain't worried about the hood getting bombed, but slightly worried about being in the wrong place at the wrong time when the rich folks get their shit bombed.
Atillah Moor Member since Sep 05th 2013 13825 posts
Fri Jan-09-15 11:44 AM
6. "On the D.C. Metro yes" In response to Reply # 0
one the system is a death trap and two it's a super soft target as is D.C. in general. Malls just weird me out now I'm always thinking "where's the nearest exit?".
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37. "oh my" In response to Reply # 6 Sat Jan-10-15 05:31 PM by Crash Bandacoot
agreed. i HATE riding the metro, i try to avoid it if i can. those dark danky tunnels during rush hour, yikes. this and potentially unstable co-workers gives me the creeps.
19. "i do sideeye white guys more" In response to Reply # 0
sorry those mass shootings do worry me also i work by the holland tunnel
so...yes and no i'm more on alert but its not like panic mode all day everyday
more like we had a drill a few months ago that the building botched and by building i mean employees as a whole we botched it if it was real we'd be dead theres about 1000 of us normally this is a shrug and go on about our day we botched it so bad they scheduled another drill two days later people tried to laugh it off
i couldnt because we work outside the holland tunnel and we screwed that drill up bad that frankly next drill and emergency i'm for delf ~~~~ When you are born, you cry, and the world rejoices. Live so that when you die, you rejoice, and the world cries. ~~~~ You cannot hate people for their own good.
~~~~ When you are born, you cry, and the world rejoices. Live so that when you die, you rejoice, and the world cries. ~~~~ You cannot hate people for their own good.
26. "-- where is the ''detroit'' option?" In response to Reply # 0 Fri Jan-09-15 01:43 PM by 2.tears.in.a.bucket
j/k
not really trippin off terrorists - once you see them niggas with them guns im sure the shit seems so surreal you're probably in shock until either you survive -- or not
i'd rather b ground into alpo from the legs up than lose a baby to adam lanza
34. "Yes, but I've gotten myself to a point where I'm ready to die." In response to Reply # 0
>It's been a part of Western society for some time, but the >media's coverage has becoming increasingly shrill and screechy >over the past decade. Do you feel like you're susceptible? >Like it could happen to you? That you're targeted in any way?
My definition of terrorism is walking down the street minding my own business as someone messes with me or pull out a weapon on me because of my ethnic heritage. That's terrorism and something that has become a part of my regular routine. If we keeping it one hundred, the biggest threat to my safety is the conservative christian raised on fox news that has a license to kill quick to pull a trigger. That person is more of a threat than this fictional pretend Islam practicioner fighting some media fabricated war.
I've had several conflicts in the past few years where there was a fifty/fifty chance of not making it out alive based solely off of who I am. Whatever has to happen can happen at any moment for whatever reason outside of my control.
sixteenstone Member since Sep 22nd 2002 27996 posts
Sat Jan-10-15 05:08 PM
36. "I worry about being attacked by anyone period" In response to Reply # 0
I'm super paranoid based off personal experiences though. Now am I afraid of Osama nem type stuff? Hell yes. The fear doesn't prevent me from living my life. But I pay cautious attention to my surrounding period.
blkprinceMD05 Member since Nov 29th 2004 41323 posts
Sat Jan-10-15 05:35 PM
38. "Nope, I'm more worried about one of my crazy co workers shooting " In response to Reply # 0
Up the place and tbh....not really that worried about that happening
I also wasn't worried at all when the brought the Ebola patients to ATL, ppl were freaking out like shit, I judged them. Rest in peace to the what 2 ppl who died out of 300 million or just the 5 million in metro Atlanta but yeah I knew it was nothing to worry about
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