SHOULD WE LIVE IN FEAR?

There are many threats to our human life, such as terrorism, nuclear war, biological or chemical warfare (NBC), natural disaster, ecological threats, global warming, global cooling, meteor impact, volcanoes, floods, earthquakes, political chaos, etc. But should we live in fear of these threats? Some of them we could maybe do something about and if we need to take some action maybe we should, depending on the consequences. But we still cannot solve every crisis necessarily by human means so sometimes we will have only our internal intellectual or spiritual strength (depending on what you believe.) So back to our question: Should we live in fear? I say no. We should live each day to the fullest because we have no promise of tomorrow. At the same time we need to take whatever means are necessary to defend ourselves from terrorists or any nation state that would cause us physical harm in a planned attack. But should we start a nuclear war over trade problems? NO. We have to be careful in a world where a number of countries could cause us significant harm. Obviously anyone who would undertake a nuclear war is embarking on a deadly course which would never have a good outcome. The Cuban Missile Crisis is an example of a case where a man (or men) decided to back-off rather than risk an all-out nuclear war. But we can expect madmen to try to harm us with terrorist attacks and we need to be extremely vigilant against such plots. The fullest surveillance powers of the government should be used in this regard. For example, there should be no question about using assets to monitor any telephone or Internet communications of suspects or questionable communications, even if some people don't like it.