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by jbrechtel 4706 days ago
While I agree with the sentiment and conclusion I don't think you can build a convincing argument by just looking at numbers of deaths.

Terrorism has no value but vehicles do.

Unchecked terrorism, ostensibly, begets more terrorism. This is unlikely to be true with vehicle deaths.

Terrorism also has effects beyond the deaths and injuries it causes and I'd argue those effects are much larger than the same number of deaths in a vehicle accident.