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Originally posted by tiv:

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I don't know what you mean by "Life is graded on a cheaper scale", but the average guy's chances to get killed are higher in Kansas City than in most (if not all) cities of the Middle-East (war zones excluded).

T.

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Okay, now I'm convinced that you don't know what the hell you are talking about.

Most of the car bombings in Iraq and Afganistan are made by people who were born there and they take out very few of the people they are actually targeting; mostly people trying to do the right thing and go to work.

Oh, and yes those people value the lives of their family and relatives, but outside that they just want to survive. But they won't lift a finger to stop some of the heinous crimes going on around them. If they saw a crime like a kidnapping taking place they would not intervene to stop it but instead breath a sigh of relief that it is not happening to one one of their own. In America it is not the same. Not only are people willing to go out and help someone, many are prepared to die to protect the freedom of others, not just their own family. And that is only because our system of government that is in place provides for a lawfull society. Take that away and our cities would be no different.
My original post was not meant derisively and it was not passing judgement on anyone. It was meant to illustrate how much deeper the issues go that just OIL as the average American who watches the news thinks. At least it provoked a response. I want people to sit back and think more about the issues than sit and spout off that America is Evil crap. It stinks worse especially coming from fellow American citizens.