tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375512083268389933.post8240550165689508660..comments2023-09-30T10:36:23.154-05:00Comments on Accidental Historian: Generation TerroristsGedshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15047239425466517786noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375512083268389933.post-29781514502789989422008-10-16T03:33:00.000-05:002008-10-16T03:33:00.000-05:00Penn (and presumably Teller, though he didn't voic...Penn (and presumably Teller, though he didn't voice an opinion - haha, I made a pun!) were on the side of the mother, it was an episode this past season called "Stranger Danger" which evaluated the fact that the paranoia over the safety of our kids from mysterious boogiemen is ridiculously inflated and truly not statistically justified.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375512083268389933.post-6467855821446213472008-10-15T17:41:00.000-05:002008-10-15T17:41:00.000-05:00So who's side was ol' Penn on?So who's side was ol' Penn on?Gedshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15047239425466517786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375512083268389933.post-41160885417913520622008-10-15T16:58:00.000-05:002008-10-15T16:58:00.000-05:00Suzy-Q,I didn't read the Reader's Digest a...Suzy-Q,<BR/><BR/>I didn't read the Reader's Digest article, but I did see that incident covered on Penn & Teller: Bullshit!<BR/>The mother was absolutely flabbergasted that "boy rides subway and nothing happens" was somehow a national news story.<BR/><BR/>I found it interesting, also, that P&T later put forward the amusing statistic that your child is actually more likely to be molested by their priest than kidnapped. Naturally, that didn't make it into Reader's Digest...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375512083268389933.post-33821275065456629252008-10-15T14:29:00.000-05:002008-10-15T14:29:00.000-05:00Did you read the Reader's Digest article about the...Did you read the Reader's Digest article about the woman who let her kid ride home on the subway? She was totally maligned as a horrible mother, but she did the research to show that kids are in no more danger today than 30 years ago, but 24 hour news channels perpetuate this myth that kids are constantly in danger of being kidnapped, etc. Sort of related in the "times are worse now than ever." They're really not.<BR/><BR/>That said, I fear for Obama's life. Crazy, crazy people. Ignorance is costly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com