Another one that hurts

I don't get that.
I see that you and Modulous both agree on your statement I've quoted.Then I see that you say if we don't put this as the highest-priority-ever... then we're all horrible people.
Where I see Mod saying that if we keep the priority of this at the same level we had it at a month ago... high, but there's still lots of other things that are higher... then we can move forward in this fight against terrorism.I agree with Mod that this isn't an issue to take an extreme stance on.
The whole problem is that some people are already taking an extreme stance and causing these horrible things in the first place. You can't solve this problem by taking an extreme stance in response. That only serves to fuel the fire they feed on.Mod's not saying things are insignificant. He's just saying they're not-as-significant-as-some-knee-jerk-reactions-are-yelling-about.
That doesn't make them insignificant.
That doesn't even make them less significant.They're still very significant and very important.Just not extremely so.This is the attitude shift that has to happen to combat this problem. The extreme-stance response doesn't work. It hasn't worked for the last 10-15 years.

I agree... but only in my context Which I think is causing a lot of communication problems.The problem was not extreme in the sense of how many people died. This is trivially true.
The problem was certainly extreme in the sense of how our illusion of safety was attacked and destroyed.These two things seem to be getting mixed up and cross-talked and it's causing a lack of focus.People are rightfully and understandably shaken and upset by having our safety threatened and torn away.
But we have to be careful to focus on that issue. Or else we'll end up spending our efforts on other problems that are less harmful. Such a waste of time will only lead to more problems threatening our safety.Bringing up deaths and the pain and suffering involved is part of what happened.
But the deaths and physical pain/suffering involved, although horrible in it's own right, is not very extreme on the scale of such subjects. In fact, it's kind of on the lower end of the scale.
The more we dwell on the deaths and physical pain/suffering... the less we dwell on the actual issue at hand that needs correcting.We should be honest about being scared and angry that the safety we thought we were free to enjoy everyday is not quite what we thought it was.Understanding that this is the real issue will help us focus on the right solutions.We deserve to have such safety.
Not "we" as in "Major Western Cities"... but "we" as in "people"... everyone. Seems like a great place to focus efforts to me.

Yes, you obviously do. But you haven't said why you do. Is it just to argue? Because you feel hurt? Do you have a good reason? No, it can't be wished away.
But, as you hinted at in your previous message, it certainly can be educated away.
That's what intelligence and education does... it helps us deal with and control our instinctual responses. Ha ha... "spurious equalising" Wanting to treat all people equally is spurious?
That's all I said... all people deserve to have a safe place.Of course, those who attack others forfeit such a right of their own. But we all start out with the same basic rights. Or we should, anyway.But, again, what sort of sliding slope to you suggest if you don't think we should treat each other equally?

I don't think I do.Thank-you for the response.
Everything you just stated here agrees with everything I stated in my first two posts Message 337 and Message 339.We seem to agree completely.