[throwaway_dang]

Do the bombs dropping in war zones avoid apolitical people? If not, when is the appropriate time to get sufficiently political to avoid having a bomb dropped on one's head?

[GreenWatermelon]

"Keeping your head down" means not doing anything that would cause a government (especially your own) to want to disappear you.

If you vocally oppose your tyrannical government, you won't avoid a bomb on your head. In the best case you'll get a bullet through your head. Worst case, you spend a lifetime in a prison.

[adrianN]

Very few individuals can influence whether or not bombs drop. The best way to avoid having bombs dropped on your head is moving to a place where fewer bombs are dropped.

[jimnotgym]

But many people together, although none of them individually influencial enough, certainly can influence where bombs get dropped.

When you start successfully reaching many people you can be sure that security agencies will start watching you.

[adrianN]

In areas where bombs are dropped there is generally a large majority in favor of stopping that, but they have little influence.