I can't even be bothered to debate with you anymore. You said leave the feeling behind and get to the facts, but you are making assumptions about my views on terrorism and using cheap shots because your feelings are getting in the way.
As I'm pulling out of the debate for the reasons I just gave, I'll give my parting point.
You ARE swallowed in fear, totally taken over by it, because of everything that is going on around you. It is not my opinion to be honest, its a fact.
I admit, its a scary time to be living in, events yesterday in Pakistan reinforce that. I know people who lost relatives in the bombings in London, my family were working in London that day, my father was an airline pilot on a flight the day of 9/11. I have relatives in the army serving active duty. These things hit close to home for us Brits too, you think Americans are the only victims, the pillar of everything that is right. And you regard yourself as some kind of messenger for all this.
I do not argue that terrorism is a threat and a real problem, and that it is a terrible thing.
However, you are not levelheaded enough in times like this to see both sides of the greater issues it seems. You have become full of fear because of what the government and the right wing tells you that you do not have the ability anymore to make a reasonable analysis of situations because you only see one thing. You see that terrorism is everywhere and how its going to kill you if you and everyone else don't club together and talk about the 'western way of life' and the 'terrorists', all quite vague terms I think.
I don't know what you propose to stop terrorism? Maybe bombing some more Islamic countries, invading them and forcing a democracy that is bound to fail upon them. Kill their leaders, invoke civil war, bomb their towns killing their children and then leave the place in ruins? Publish pictures on newstations of soldiers abusing native prisoners of war? Build another Guantanmo bay where you hold people without trial like dogs, while you still try and call your country the home of justice????