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Jump to full article: The Washington Post, 2001-11-29
Author: CHRIS STEWART / Tomball, Tex. / Page A32
Intro: Michael L. Rothschild makes some good points in his Nov. 25 op-ed article, pointing out that even if terrorism were commonplace, the odds of being a victim of terrorism still would be much lower than the odds of dying on the highways or as a result of smoking.
But Mr. Rothschild fails to acknowledge the real reason people are afraid of terrorism: A lack of control over the outcome leaves people psychologically weak in a way that car accidents and cigarette smoke do not. . .
When you believe that you can exercise some measure of control, you feel safer. When all control over the outcome has been wrested from you, you feel more exposed.
Terrorism, more perhaps than anything else, leaves people with the feeling that they have no control over the outcome.
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