10-30-2016, 06:48 AM
I'm a Boomer and I don't know. All this fear about terrorism seems absolutely nutty* Same goes for spree shooters. We even had one here in Kalamazoo early this year, and it had little impact outside those affected. Spree shootings and small-scale mass killings that are labeled as terrorism are commonplace events in modern America. I know more people killed by gun violence than affected by terrorism or spree shootings. Many of the people with their shorts in a bundle about terrorism are completely blasé about gun violence, so I think a lot of the paranoia thing is political posturing. I doubt most of these folks are really scared.
On the other hand, as a 1959 baby I am sort of a cusper, so maybe I am more Gen X in this regard. People do tell me I have a cynical attitude about some things.
*I can see the case for some paranoia for New Yorkers in the years after 911. After all there were 3000 dead. Multiply by 100 and you have those would might be consider as having one degree of separation (my wife's cousin is one of these). So you have something like 300,000 affected, like 2-3% of the population in the NYC urban region. Most New Yorkers are going to know someone affected. One of the old posters is another one of these 1 degree separation folks (although he did not lose anyone, he was adjacent to ground zero when it happened and had a harrowing experience). So that's two second-degree connections with 911 that I have and I live in Michigan. Outside of 911, I have no association with any other terrorist act.
On the other hand, as a 1959 baby I am sort of a cusper, so maybe I am more Gen X in this regard. People do tell me I have a cynical attitude about some things.
*I can see the case for some paranoia for New Yorkers in the years after 911. After all there were 3000 dead. Multiply by 100 and you have those would might be consider as having one degree of separation (my wife's cousin is one of these). So you have something like 300,000 affected, like 2-3% of the population in the NYC urban region. Most New Yorkers are going to know someone affected. One of the old posters is another one of these 1 degree separation folks (although he did not lose anyone, he was adjacent to ground zero when it happened and had a harrowing experience). So that's two second-degree connections with 911 that I have and I live in Michigan. Outside of 911, I have no association with any other terrorist act.
