Fear Bathtubs, Not Terrorists

Your odds of drowning in a bathtub? About one in a million. Your odds of dying in a terrorist attack? About one in 3.5 million. If you’re not scared of taking a bath — and you shouldn’t be — then you shouldn’t be scared of terrorists. The Department of Homeland Security’s post-9/11 buildup is the result of literally irrational fear.

John Mueller and Mark G. Stewart make that point crystal clear in this video. Click here if the embedded video doesn’t work.

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