Islamic extremists in Egypt

[Englishman2010]

Is the world really less safe than it was 30 or 50 years ago, or is it that because we have more news on offer with the internet and 24 hour News TV channels we just hear about more trouble and wars? It feels like it's less safe than it was 20 years ago, but the truth is, it probably isn't any worse than it's ever been. It wasn't so long ago that the threat was Germany, and then The USSR, in the 60/70/80's we all believed an all out nuclear attack from Russia was inevitable, but it never happened.
Throughout history man has fought wars, look at our own history in Britain, we've been fighting wars against the Romans, Saxons, Viking, Normans, French, Dutch, Spanish, Germans.......etc for thousands of years, we were even fighting against ourselves until fairly recently (The English Civil War and War of the Roses...etc), different regional powers used to raise armies and regularly try to overthrow our Kings (Battle of Naseby, Battle of Bosworth...etc).
I don't know what the answer is to stop wars and fighting and neither does anyone else because 8000 years after the birth of modern civilization we are still fighting against others because they have the land we want, they have a different God, they don't look like us, they eat garlic and onions....etc

[subseastu]

Is the world really less safe than it was 30 or 50 years ago, or is it that because we have more news on offer with the internet and 24 hour News TV channels we just hear about more trouble and wars? It feels like it's less safe than it was 20 years ago, but the truth is, it probably isn't any worse than it's ever been. It wasn't so long ago that the threat was Germany, and then The USSR, in the 60/70/80's we all believed an all out nuclear attack from Russia was inevitable, but it never happened.
Throughout history man has fought wars, look at our own history in Britain, we've been fighting wars against the Romans, Saxons, Viking, Normans, French, Dutch, Spanish, Germans.......etc for thousands of years, we were even fighting against ourselves until fairly recently (The English Civil War and War of the Roses...etc), different regional powers used to raise armies and regularly try to overthrow our Kings (Battle of Naseby, Battle of Bosworth...etc).
I don't know what the answer is to stop wars and fighting and neither does anyone else because 8000 years after the birth of modern civilization we are still fighting against others because they have the land we want, they have a different God, they don't look like us, they eat garlic and onions....etc

Very very good reply

[Terpe]

Is the world really less safe than it was 30 or 50 years ago, or is it that because we have more news on offer with the internet and 24 hour News TV channels we just hear about more trouble and wars? It feels like it's less safe than it was 20 years ago, but the truth is, it probably isn't any worse than it's ever been. It wasn't so long ago that the threat was Germany, and then The USSR, in the 60/70/80's we all believed an all out nuclear attack from Russia was inevitable, but it never happened.
Throughout history man has fought wars, look at our own history in Britain, we've been fighting wars against the Romans, Saxons, Viking, Normans, French, Dutch, Spanish, Germans.......etc for thousands of years, we were even fighting against ourselves until fairly recently (The English Civil War and War of the Roses...etc), different regional powers used to raise armies and regularly try to overthrow our Kings (Battle of Naseby, Battle of Bosworth...etc).
I don't know what the answer is to stop wars and fighting and neither does anyone else because 8000 years after the birth of modern civilization we are still fighting against others because they have the land we want, they have a different God, they don't look like us, they eat garlic and onions....etc

Totally agreed. Top post Ian