Chance of being killed in terror attack almost 1 in a million

https://www.cato.org/blog/european-terrorism-fatalities-annual-chance-being-murdered

Look at the rates for the UK. This is even higher than the risk is now due to the IRA threat having largely de lined over the years. The chance of someone dying in a terror attack here in the U.K. is almost 1 in a million. It's almost certain that you won't be killed by a terrorist.

There are far more common threats to your life, like car accidents and other accidents, even plain murder, so why are so many resources going to prevent terror when they could be used more effectively by aiming to prevent more common causes of deaths? Surely our aim should be to save lives. If that were the case, why are we wasting countless resources on the war against ISIS and in arming highly advanced counter terror police when we could use the money to perhaps improve the NHS and increase capacity in hospitals, which could save many more lives.

https://www.cato.org/blog/european-terrorism-fatalities-annual-chance-being-murdered

Look at the rates for the UK. This is even higher than the risk is now due to the IRA threat having largely de lined over the years. The chance of someone dying in a terror attack here in the U.K. is almost 1 in a million. It's almost certain that you won't be killed by a terrorist.

There are far more common threats to your life, like car accidents and other accidents, even plain murder, so why are so many resources going to prevent terror when they could be used more effectively by aiming to prevent more common causes of deaths? Surely our aim should be to save lives. If that were the case, why are we wasting countless resources on the war against ISIS and in arming highly advanced counter terror police when we could use the money to perhaps improve the NHS and increase capacity in hospitals, which could save many more lives.

Hold on! An hour ago you were bemoaning that you weren't getting enough credit for opposing ISIS.
Now you are saying that we shouldn't bother fighting them?

You do sound awfully confused.

That’s cool let’s just accept that 1 in a million then.

I suppose everyone’s ok if 70 people die in the next 12 months in this country from it 🙄

Just because I oppose ISIS doesn't mean that i have to support UK military action in foreign soil, which kills plenty of civilians, just to remove them. Best to stay out of Syria and Iraq.

Opposing ISIS means doing something about it. Not sitting around while thousands are butchered and millions of refugees sit in camps.

We accept that thousands die from heroin abuse, hundreds from car crashes etc... what I'm saying is that there are more effective ways of saving lives and we're focusing perhaps too much on one cause of death

So we should kill thousands of civilians in airstrikes instead? That pretty much makes us the same as ISIS to them

Anyone with common sense can see that killing civilians by accident in a war is not the same as beheading them or throwing them off a building.

End result is the same