Anne: A Nation Of Sniveling Cowards

Anne_Observer: We (speaking collectively) have become a nation of sniveling cowards jumping at shadows. That is to say: I certainly agree that it is “better safe than sorry”, but only within certain reasonable limits. The issue I have with this is that far too many people have abandoned all reason in this regard. Intelligent adults are obligated to exercise at least some level of judgment. The odds that YOU will be the victim of a bombing, or similar device, are FAR less than your odds of dying from being hit by lightning or a slip in the bathtub. So… are you going to install rails in your shower now? Maybe carry around a lightning rod? That briefcase near the fair was indeed suspicious. The case found in Spokane was simply NOT. People around the country have called in the bombsquad over other people’s leftover paper lunch bags, for goodness’ sake!

Question: Are we panicking and calling the bomb squad over things that we wouldn’t have thought twice about 20 years ago?