> You can't compare dying in a terrorist attack to the personal choice of not exercising or eating unhealthy.
Except that the chances of each occurring are wildly different.
Chance of dying from terrorist attack in the US from 2007 to 2011: 1 in 20 million [1].
Chance of dying from choking from inhalation and ingestion of food: 1 in 3,649 [2].
20,000,000 / 3,649 => 5,480.
You are five thousand eight hundred forty times more likely to die from choking on your breakfast/lunch/dinner than to die from a terrorist attack. The difference is so extreme that you'd be better off ignoring the terrorist attack threat and instead installing a feeding tube so you no longer need to chew and swallow your food. You'd statistically live longer that way than worrying about protecting yourself from terrorist threats.
Except that the chances of each occurring are wildly different.
Chance of dying from terrorist attack in the US from 2007 to 2011: 1 in 20 million [1].
Chance of dying from choking from inhalation and ingestion of food: 1 in 3,649 [2].
20,000,000 / 3,649 => 5,480.
You are five thousand eight hundred forty times more likely to die from choking on your breakfast/lunch/dinner than to die from a terrorist attack. The difference is so extreme that you'd be better off ignoring the terrorist attack threat and instead installing a feeding tube so you no longer need to chew and swallow your food. You'd statistically live longer that way than worrying about protecting yourself from terrorist threats.
[1]http://swampland.time.com/2013/05/06/chances-of-dying-in-a-t...
[2] http://www.nsc.org/news_resources/injury_and_death_statistic... linked from here: http://www.nsc.org/news_resources/injury_and_death_statistic...