Get A Life
"There are lots of threats to you in the world. There's the threat of a heart attack for genetic reasons. You can't sit there and worry about everything. Get a life," said NYC Mayor Michael on the so called terror plot to blow up JFK airport.
I was reading a bunch of nutjob's comments in a news message board about the hapless plot to blow up the local airport. It's a darn good thing that most people are sensible or the nutjobs would have declared martial law around here. Now that would be a bigger problem than a fire near the airport.
I imagine that some people enjoy being scared. The popularity of horror films and politicos spewing terrorist plots prove it. What good does being scared do for a society though? It's paralyzing. Imagine if everyone in the NY metropolitan area was always afraid? The economy would collapse. Then we'd have to deal with worse shit than being nuked.
If something bad doesn't happen, then you've just wasted precious time worrying about nothing. If something bad does happen, then you deal with it. You can build a fallout shelter if you want. Odds are that you won't even be home on the day you get nuked, if that day comes before a tree falls on you in a lightning storm. Every day could be one's last day on earth, one's end of the world. You can sit in your safe house, watch the news and wait 80 years until you die or you can come out and appreciate the sunlight while you have it.
I was reading a bunch of nutjob's comments in a news message board about the hapless plot to blow up the local airport. It's a darn good thing that most people are sensible or the nutjobs would have declared martial law around here. Now that would be a bigger problem than a fire near the airport.
I imagine that some people enjoy being scared. The popularity of horror films and politicos spewing terrorist plots prove it. What good does being scared do for a society though? It's paralyzing. Imagine if everyone in the NY metropolitan area was always afraid? The economy would collapse. Then we'd have to deal with worse shit than being nuked.
If something bad doesn't happen, then you've just wasted precious time worrying about nothing. If something bad does happen, then you deal with it. You can build a fallout shelter if you want. Odds are that you won't even be home on the day you get nuked, if that day comes before a tree falls on you in a lightning storm. Every day could be one's last day on earth, one's end of the world. You can sit in your safe house, watch the news and wait 80 years until you die or you can come out and appreciate the sunlight while you have it.
Posted by Blondesense Liz | 9:08 AM |
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