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FEAR of Terrorism Is Much More Dangerous than Actual Terrorism

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Fear of Terrorism Can Kill You …

Fear of terrorism can kill you:

A new study has found that long-term exposure to the threat of terrorism can elevate people’s resting heart rates and increase their risk of dying.

 

The study of more than 17,000 Israelis is the first statistics-based study, and the largest of its kind, that indicates that fear induced by consistent exposure to the threat of terrorism can lead to negative health consequences and increase the risk of mortality, according to researchers at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

The scientists explain:

“We found that fear of terrorism and existential anxiety may disrupt the control processes using acetylcholine, causing a chronic accelerated heart rate,” Soreq wrote in the press release. “Together with inflammation, these changes are associated with increased risk of heart attack and stroke.”

(In a 2004 study, Israeli scientists found that fear of terror increases inflammation.)

Swiss scientists also found that fear of terror damages the health of our hearts.

Because heart disease is a much bigger killer than terrorism, it is a bigger risk to our health.

Risk of Terrorism Is Low

We’ve extensively documented that the actual risk of terrorism is extremely low … even with ISIS and Al Qaeda. 

For example, you’re much more likely to be killed by deer, cows, dogs, brain-eating parasites, toddlers, lightning, falling out of bed, alcoholism, food poisoning, choking on your meal, a financial crash, obesity, medical errors or “autoerotic asphyxiation” than by terrorists.

But what about weapons of mass destruction?

The Washington Post reports:

In the months following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, millions of Americans elected not to fly. A significant proportion decided to drive to their destinations instead. Driving is more dangerous than flying. And so one scholar of risk, Gerd Gigerenzer, calculated that more people died from the resulting automobile accidents than the total number of individuals who were killed aboard the four hijacked planes [on] Sept. 11.

But what about dirty bombs … bombs that disperse radioactive material?

Again, experts say that the risk of death from a dirty bomb is insignificant … but the risk of death from panicking after a dirty bomb is set off is high (see 43:47 through 45:54 in video):

DR THEODORE ROCKWELL , NUCLEAR SCIENTIST AND RADIATION RISK EXPERT : The deaths would be few, if any, and the answer is, probably none.

 

INTERVIEWER : Really?

 

ROCKWELL : Yes. And that’s been said over and over again, but then people immediately say after that, “But, you know, people won’t believe that, and they’ll panic.” And then all the people working on this project, you know, the defense and so forth, breathe a big sigh of relief because they got their problem back: you know, we’re gonna all panic. I don’t think it would kill anybody and I think you’ll have trouble finding a serious report that would claim otherwise. The Department of Energy actually set up such a test and they actually measured what happened. And they—they—the measurements were extremely low. They calculated that the most exposed individual would get a fairly high dose—not life-threatening, but fairly high—and I checked into how the calculation was done, and they assume that after the attack, no one moves for one year. One year. Now, that’s ridiculous.

 

LEWIS Z. KOCH, BULLETIN OF ATOMIC SCIENTISTS : The dirty bomb—the danger from radioactivity is basically next to nothing. The danger from panic, however, is horrendous. That’s where the irony comes. This—instead of the government saying, “Look, this is not a serious weapon; the serious danger of this is the panic that would ensue, and there is no reason for panic. Don’t panic.”

Bottom line: Fear of terrorism is a lot more dangerous than terrorism.

Postscript: This isn't to say that stopping terrorism isn't important. It's crucialHere's how to stop it ...

 

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Tue, 12/08/2015 - 13:01 | 6894204 stiler
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I Peter 3:14 But and if you suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are you: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled.

It's been with us for awhile.

Tue, 12/08/2015 - 12:39 | 6894067 Greek News On Demand
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See what the FBI itself has to say about this.  I just wrote a front page article on this for the Greek newspaper I write for. FBI says ‘Australian IS jihadist’ is actually a Jewish American troll named Joshua Ryne Goldberg

 .. http://greeknewsondemand.com/2015/11/28/fbi-says-australian-is-jihadist-...

Tue, 12/08/2015 - 09:25 | 6892763 jughead
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Fear is the greatest threat to our liberty...scared people love to give away everyone's essential liberty in exchange for their own false sense  of security. 

Tue, 12/08/2015 - 11:07 | 6893371 silver sword
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“Every government interference in the economy consists of giving an unearned benefit, extorted by force, to some men at the expense of others.”

 

 

Ayn Rand

Tue, 12/08/2015 - 09:20 | 6892731 franciscopendergrass
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Live in a less densely populate state or area.  Im sure people in Idaho a very worried about terrorism

Tue, 12/08/2015 - 08:50 | 6892619 WasNotWuz66
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I'm reminded of the phrase "Never let a good crisis go to waste"............. seems appropriate here

Tue, 12/08/2015 - 08:41 | 6892587 highwaytoserfdom
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taxes are terror  daily terror

714's the size of pillows and keep flying air traffic control for the poppy ( hmm could be whole tribe of George H. W. Bush(poppy), Preston,Albert sr, Ziggy, Henry, Soros and whole bunch of war profiteers) 

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Tue, 12/08/2015 - 07:20 | 6892437 DaNuts
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I need to be afraid of something so I don't feel so bad about giving my hard earnt cash to the mafia.

I think it is called a protection racket.

F**k them, I will take my chances.

Tue, 12/08/2015 - 03:58 | 6892312 SmittyinLA
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Illegal immigration and economic annihilation far more dangerous than terrorism

Tue, 12/08/2015 - 03:21 | 6892279 ItsDanger
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Its not that I'm afraid, its more that I dont feel the need to put myself at risk needlessly.  There are plenty of options available without sacrificing our freedoms that havent even been done yet.

Mon, 12/07/2015 - 21:46 | 6891222 galant
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And what about living in the USA with a lying government which pretends to bomb ISIS terrorists while actually bombing the Syrian government forces?

[Assad has today  labelled as an “act of aggression” the US-led coalition’s missile strike which killed three Syrian soldiers at an army base in the Deir ez Zor province.]

What does that do for your heart?

Feel heart-sick?

Mon, 12/07/2015 - 20:01 | 6890632 Lumberjack
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Here you George:

 

Goldman Sachs buys into Turkish Petkim’s Aegean port

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/goldman-sachs-buys-into-turkish-petkims...

 

U.S. multinational investment banking company Goldman Sachs has become a partner in Turkey’s largest integrated port, operated by petrochemicals maker Petkim, in a deal that will boost the company’s plans to develop the port to make it largest of Aegean region.

Petkim has announced that it has reached a preliminary agreement to sell its 30 percent stakes in Petkim Limanc?l?k (Petlim) for $250 million, after months of talks that started in February this year.

Petkim and Petlim are controlled by the Turkish branch of Azeri energy giant Socar. Petlim was founded to deal with the economic operation of Petkim’s port in the Alia?a district of the Aegean province of ?zmir.

“One of the world’s biggest investors becoming a partner to our port company means approval of the value and economy of our project,” Socar Turkey President Kenan Yavuz said, speaking after a ceremony to mark the signing of the deal as well as a preliminary financing agreement with Turkish lender Akbank for the port project.

“We have signed a preliminary agreement for our port investment’s project financing with one of Turkey’s largest banks Akbank. We will secure $211 million in financing with a 13 year maturity within the term-sheet,” Yavuz said.

“We’re very glad to realize the share transfer deal with a global giant such as Goldman Sachs and the project financing agreement with Akbank on the same day,” he added.

The investment, which will become Turkey’s third container port, will become operational in the last quarter of 2015, Yavuz also said.

The Petkim Container Port, which for the first time in Turkey will enable the berthing of ships with 11,000 TEUs, will possess a starting capacity of 1.5 million TEUs. A logistic field with a total of 48 hectares will be created, with 42 hectares in the port field for container storage and 6 hectares in the rear service area. 

Mon, 12/07/2015 - 19:42 | 6890513 sam site
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That's the benefit of investigating false flags that cojure up fake enemies like the bogus War on Terror.

I know more people that refuse to view the evidence that 9-11 was an inside job.  Now they fear a terrorist behind every bush.  As you suggest, that releases cortosol and adrenalin, that stresses the heart.

It's very stressful to suppress your critical thinking skills and turn off to available avidence that your government is pulling just another rich man's trick.

 

Mon, 12/07/2015 - 19:07 | 6890312 sgt_doom
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Obama’s speech can most easily be condensed into one sentence (which only the insane can truly follow):

A bunch of Sunni religious extremists killed and wounded a bunch of people in California, and a bunch of Sunni religious extremists killed a bunch of people in Paris, therefore the American government should continue financing and arming and supporting the Sunni religious extremist rebels in Syria who are backed by the head-choppers of Saudi Arabia!

The devil with Obama, the Bushes and the Clintons, and Reagan and Jimmy Carter who began this by throwing in with the head-choppers of Saudi Arabia to destabilize the then-secular government of Afghanistan.

Time to understand the most serious and deadly sacrifice of the greatest American hero, Eugene B. Dinkin.

And one of America's greatest heroines, Julie Sirrs.

Time to impeach Obama!

 

Mon, 12/07/2015 - 18:56 | 6890222 Grandad Grumps
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One wonders why the government and media want us always to be in a state of fear. There are probably three reasons for it.

1. When in a state of fear people do not think rationally and are more suggestible.

2. People in fear look for people or things that can make them feel more secure, such as a strong over-reaching government that can fill the void.

3. People dying of heart attacks at a higher rate is a globalist eugenicist's dream.

Regardless, it tells you that those who pump fear at you all the time are not good people. They are bad people. Who are the main purveyors of fear?

1. US Government
2. US media (mainstream and alternative, both)

People should instead be developing skills and a backbone and reducing their dependence on government and media.

Tue, 12/08/2015 - 15:20 | 6895149 Baa baa
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ZHTV...Coming soon!

Mon, 12/07/2015 - 19:30 | 6890451 sgt_doom
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What the eff I wonder is why every president, from at least Carter on to the present, claims the US gov't must support the Sunni religious extremists, who then attack the US, or Europe, or Asia, or Africa, or the Middle East.

And it always comes back to who is being supported by Saudi Arabia must be supported by the USA??????

Mon, 12/07/2015 - 18:49 | 6890189 Reaper
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Cui bono? Who funds and/or protects and/or meekly attacks the terrorists? Cui bono from fear of terrorists? Cui bono from expanded government operations? Is not a bogeyman a method of control?

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? ~ Juvenal. Is there safety in a government cage? Is trust in government rational? Who historically has harmed the greater numbers, governments or isolated groups of individuals? (i.e. Chairman Mao or a band of thieves?) Life is a gamble: the odds are against government submission are gigantic.

Mon, 12/07/2015 - 18:47 | 6890180 WTFUD
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With Washington DC & ZATO committing Terrorist Acts on a daily basis it isn't surprising a fear of Terrorism exists.
However, folks are 100 times more likely to have health problems due to their financial insecurity ( can they make the mortgage payment this month ). Again the Financial Terrorism dealt out by the Banks and their .Gov enablers is a slow cancer.

Mon, 12/07/2015 - 18:42 | 6890151 11b40
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Somebody needs to tell Trump - fast!  He seems to be scared shitless and may be headed for a heart attack.

Mon, 12/07/2015 - 18:30 | 6890085 InnVestuhrr
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Propaganda is far more dangerous than either the fear or the terrorism.

Mon, 12/07/2015 - 17:50 | 6889854 gregga777
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I do not fear terrorists. I have a great fear of the American government.

Mon, 12/07/2015 - 23:07 | 6891680 galant
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gregga777 - "I do not fear terrorists. I have a great fear of the American government." 

The government has become a terrorist organisation.

Mon, 12/07/2015 - 17:26 | 6889723 curbyourrisk
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A GOOD citizen is a SCARED citizen.

Mon, 12/07/2015 - 17:18 | 6889646 sgorem
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“We found that fear of terrorism and existential anxiety may disrupt the control processes using acetylcholine, causing a chronic accelerated heart rate,” Soreq wrote in the press release. “Together with inflammation, these changes are associated with increased risk of heart attack and stroke.”.................after my Baboon Brain Transplant(BBT), my doctor ordered me to smoke a couple doobies a day, ingest a minimum of four(4) 714's over 24 hours, and wash them down with Wild Turkey White Label ONLY. rinse and repeat daily.  no more fear or inflamation! ta da! damn i feel good.....hope this recipe for good health helps some of my fellow ZHer's..................

Mon, 12/07/2015 - 17:08 | 6889612 silverer
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The solution is simple.  Stop watching TV.  If the government and press want to continue to terrorize the population, they'll have to go out among the people and do it personally.  To each and every citizen that once watched TV.  Cost prohibitive.  Problem solved.

Mon, 12/07/2015 - 20:01 | 6890628 El Vaquero
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I don't fear terrorism.  I fear the government' s response to terrorism.

Mon, 12/07/2015 - 22:39 | 6891558 Down to Earth T...
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Me too ! I fear our own gov more than any other threat I can think of ? Ponder this, hundreds of cops and other so-called first responders and thousands of fed agents for 2 shooters in San Berdoo ? same exact thing in Boston where we had over a years advance warning from Russians and both were called massive attacks by 2 people. All of which were not even close to professional anything except going to a place where no guns are allowed for target practice in a herd of sheep ? 

As the masses are scared to death of their own shadows and more militarization of police and spying will be gladly brought forth and begged for by the numbskulls. A few more or a slightly bigger event and they will beg for martial law ! Any doubts ?

Tue, 12/08/2015 - 05:29 | 6892365 jeff montanye
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should anyone have any of those doubts, check the thread on donald trump accompanying his call for blocking further muslim immigration "until our country’s representatives can figure out what is going on."

apparently somewhere between eternity and because the u.s. is arming israel to kill muslims and steal their land while directly killing countless muslims itself over the last seventy years and, with increasing ferocity, the last dozen.

Mon, 12/07/2015 - 21:44 | 6891261 GRDguy
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The "War On Terror" really means that .gov will terrorize anyone who gets in their way of making war.

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