Anonymous
Post 08/27/2015 13:44     Subject: Does anyone else feel like nowhere is safe?
No, I don't feel that way.
Anonymous
Post 08/27/2015 13:43     Subject: Does anyone else feel like nowhere is safe?
Anonymous wrote:Between school shootings, metro stabbings, psychos killing colleagues and posting the video online, terrorism and ISIS beheadings, and random street violence, I feel a sad sense that I have nowhere to go to protect my family. I know that the risk of each of these incidents is relatively low. But reading about them constantly (there's some new sick killing every day) has made me feel surrounded and anxious. I wish I could move back to my small hometown but I know that's not safe either. On top of all this, I'm depressed that so many people are, well, depressed enough to want to kill other people and make them suffer. I feel powerless to change any of this, with so many sick and sad people apparently wishing to hurt others. It is so foreign to me and makes me feel sad for my children to grow up in a world like this.

I know there's not much to say, but the latest articles on this shooter in VA don't seem to bode well for American society and where we're going.

If your worried about the things you listed, you should be terrified about driving. Your chances of getting injured or killed by a vehicle are far higher than any of the other things you mentioned.
Anonymous
Post 08/27/2015 13:12     Subject: Does anyone else feel like nowhere is safe?
I don't think anywhere is completely safe, but it has always helped me (a statistics minor) to remember that these incidents, though they get a lot of press and seem to be everywhere, are still happening to a tiny, tiny subset of people. So if you have a school shooting, it's one building out of thousands of buildings. Yesterday's shooting was 2 people out of the approximately 319 million people in the United States. And some of these incidents are not random, so if you can try to surround yourself with sane people and not do things to piss off someone unstable, you're probably going to be ok.

Then again, I've lost people close to me at early ages, so I'm a little callous about death. Death is part of life. (this view helps me to be more relaxed about the fact that my daughter's dad is often deployed to terrorism hot spots, doing things that piss off terrorists.)
Anonymous
Post 08/27/2015 12:17     Subject: Does anyone else feel like nowhere is safe?
I feel pretty safe in my neighborhood (which is majority minority, btw). Yesterday my husband left our front door open all day long by accident, so it was open from 7am-4 pm. There were no cars in the driveway and a stack of amazon packages by the open front door. Nothing happened.
dancingsunflowers06
Post 08/27/2015 12:14     Subject: Re:Does anyone else feel like nowhere is safe?
I feel ya too - it really helps me to focus on what I can do in my community to help. I only get CNN updates on my phone, which I rarely read, so most of the time, I'm not focusing on the negative in the news, because it will always be there! When I feel helpless and scared for my kids, I remember that I can be an example to my kids by helping out somehow. It doesn't have to be big, but making a difference is good for both parties and for the soul. I help do marketing for my church because I love being creative and we plan to start serving downtown with our kids this fall. Just being a glimmer of hope in this dark world can make a difference mama!
Anonymous
Post 08/27/2015 01:02     Subject: Re:Does anyone else feel like nowhere is safe?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Just about anywhere you go is safe. The likelihood of any of those events happening to you is slim to none. People have been killing others in cold blood since basically forever. life is short , don't let something like that get you down


Basically, everyplace but strip malls, movies, schools and churches are safe.



You know you have a MUCH greater chance of getting killed in a car accident than ever seeing a mass shooting, much less being the victim of one.
Anonymous
Post 08/27/2015 00:32     Subject: Re:Does anyone else feel like nowhere is safe?
I pack heat and pepper spray. For real.

The world can be ugly and scary but we have to live.
Anonymous
Post 08/27/2015 00:18     Subject: Does anyone else feel like nowhere is safe?
I think we're about as safe as ever. We know and hear more now. Some days I don't bother with the news. It can make me overly anxious.
Anonymous
Post 08/27/2015 00:13     Subject: Does anyone else feel like nowhere is safe?
The Internet, social media - which provides our news feeds - can be so addicting and time sucking. The world and all it's hatefulness will keep going on, whether or not we are online to read about it or watch it. If there was a way to weed out all that awfulness from our Facebook feeds, it would be a great thing. In the meantime, tune out all the noise and focus on all the rest - the important stuff. Life's too short - literally.
Anonymous
Post 08/27/2015 00:12     Subject: Re:Does anyone else feel like nowhere is safe?
Hang in there, OP. This stuff is scary, but think of all the good people who help. . .the five ordinary people who stopped a gunman on the train, the group of ordinary citizens who stopped a plane from hitting DC, the people who ran toward the sound of explosions at the Boston Marathon to see if they could help. There are more of us than there are of them. Go hug your loved ones.
Anonymous
Post 08/27/2015 00:08     Subject: Does anyone else feel like nowhere is safe?
Anonymous wrote:Between school shootings, metro stabbings, psychos killing colleagues and posting the video online, terrorism and ISIS beheadings, and random street violence, I feel a sad sense that I have nowhere to go to protect my family. I know that the risk of each of these incidents is relatively low. But reading about them constantly (there's some new sick killing every day) has made me feel surrounded and anxious. I wish I could move back to my small hometown but I know that's not safe either. On top of all this, I'm depressed that so many people are, well, depressed enough to want to kill other people and make them suffer. I feel powerless to change any of this, with so many sick and sad people apparently wishing to hurt others. It is so foreign to me and makes me feel sad for my children to grow up in a world like this.

I know there's not much to say, but the latest articles on this shooter in VA don't seem to bode well for American society and where we're going.


We are living in the safest era in human history but also the most widely connected. We hear/read/see more now because its all out there.
Anonymous
Post 08/26/2015 23:56     Subject: Does anyone else feel like nowhere is safe?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:You need to stop reading the news, and step away from your computer for awhile. Crime is lower than it has been in decades. America is finally waking up to the horrors of racism. ISIS is collecting all the crazies where they can eventually self-destruct in one place, and I think, waking up a lot of people in the Muslim world to what the endgame of Islamic fundamentalism is.


I can assure you that even before ISIS,!most Muslims did not support Islamic fundamentalism


Here we go.......




Here we go with what? They already explained what they meant....don't be that guy (or girl)
Anonymous
Post 08/26/2015 23:25     Subject: Re:Does anyone else feel like nowhere is safe?
Anonymous wrote:Just about anywhere you go is safe. The likelihood of any of those events happening to you is slim to none. People have been killing others in cold blood since basically forever. life is short , don't let something like that get you down


Basically, everyplace but strip malls, movies, schools and churches are safe.