The masses are controlled through fear but I don't buy into it. Perspective, I am more likely to die in a car accident than at the hands of a terrorist and I don't fear my car. Korea will never offensively use a nuke. They are just posturing, saying, this is what we are capable of so back off and think twice about attacking us or we can respond. We have 24/7 media coverage of all the bad shit going on. We are inundated with it. I refuse to be intimidated that way. Now if I see a bear on my deck through the sliding glass doors, I will crap my pants. One ate a bunch of my neighbors chickens last fall.

@ollieberry There is a cliff with a lighthouse above my fave surfing spot, when about 12 I would go their first, if I could see sharks I wouldn't go in, excellent views, almost always saw sharks. In my late teens I would just go and surf, but after would go up for a look, and see the sharks swimming under my mates, where I had just been. So I stopped going up for a look, my argument is I was 4000 times more likely to be killed driving to the coast. I raised my kids on this and they still use the argument, the problem is shark attacks are rising rapidly these days.

@atheist my grandfather had gingivitis he lost all his teeth.

the devil's apprentice lol

@atheist I think most fear is unreasonable. It's usually a projection of things that never happen. In various ways, I'm afraid of heights, so I bump up against that fear when I can. You either let the fear control you or you don't. I don't want it to control me.

@atheist Maybe peace of mind. Mostly, for me, it's proving something to myself. I got up and walked the roof of my house a few days ago. Made me nervous, but I was determined to do it. And, I didn't die!

@atheist as a general rule. I don't think it's any accident that we're taught to fear every damn thing. Call me a conspiracy theorist but a poorly educated,fearful populace is a lot easier to control

Well said.