Is that observation meant to be more than a simple truism, something along the lines of "gravity works because of the physical nature of mass?" People should only ask themselves whether they and those close to them are more at personal risk of being killed, maimed, or otherwise immediately harmed by terrorist acts than they are by more commonplace hazards of modern life, and unless the answer is yes, they should go about their daily business paying the reality of terrorism no heed? FDR might have had terrorism as we now know it here in the US post-9/11 in mind when he said, "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself?"

Why should anyone be disgusted by the requirement to show ID before being allowed to board a plane to travel domestically, if that requirement arguably serves the purpose of our safety? Or is it not the requirement as such which disgusts you, but rather the need for such a requirement and those responsible for that need?