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Something negligible has slightly increased, vs. something pervasive has slightly decreased. Clearly the thing that increased is more important!


@g0rk why is terrorism considered so bad even though in absolute terms the number of deaths is far below accepted things like homicides, car crashes, or even falling down stairwells?

Give it a shot!




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