London. Paris. Madrid. New York. Why are these the cities terrorists have targeted? Perhaps because, say, a Londoner who dies in a graphic way will cause more notoriety-- i.e. stir more terror-- than a Bangladeshi. It maximizes their bang for... uhh... their bang. Given the size of the world&#x27;s suicide problem, starvation problem, poverty problem, rape problem, etcetera etcetera, of course terrorism actually isn&#x27;t of much relative consequence. It intends to make people like you freak out, viscerally (just as CNN et al does when they cover these so much).<p>I&#x27;m not changing a damn thing in how I live my life, and not even out of courage (i.e. the &quot;we can&#x27;t let the terrorists win&quot; bromide that took over in America in late 2001). It just shouldn&#x27;t matter that much to you, and it only prevails insomuch as you let these irrational fears get to you.