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    Edward Snowden‏Verified account @Snowden 10 May 2016

    Traffic is deadlier than terrorism. @BBCwestcottpic.twitter.com/WQb2lJOu6l

    7:16 AM - 10 May 2016
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      2. Edward Snowden‏Verified account @Snowden 10 May 2016
        Replying to @Snowden

        @BBCwestcott I was surprised at the high cost. Sources: http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/docserver/download/7514011ec009.pdf … / http://statbel.fgov.be/en/binaries/road_accidents-2012_en_tcm327-229063.pdf …pic.twitter.com/9qfB5NB0WS

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      2. Edward Snowden‏Verified account @Snowden 10 May 2016
        Replying to @Snowden

        Edward Snowden Retweeted Edward Snowden

        Statistically speaking, reassigning traffic cops to surveillance will likely cost lives, even it catches criminals:https://twitter.com/Snowden/status/730038813146394624 …

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        Edward SnowdenVerified account @Snowden
        Traffic is deadlier than terrorism. @BBCwestcott pic.twitter.com/WQb2lJOu6l
        57 replies 780 retweets 931 likes
      3. Tom the Dancing Bug‏Verified account @RubenBolling 10 May 2016
        Replying to @Snowden

        @Snowden That's not how our brains operate.http://boingboing.net/2014/10/08/tom-the-dancing-bug-how-the-a.html …

        0 replies 6 retweets 8 likes
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      1. Kara‏ @KaraArdan 10 May 2016
        Replying to @Snowden

        , @Snowden & in the #US more residents are killed by toddlers than #terrorists http://bit.ly/1RfWybF  @BBCwestcott

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      2. Jam-O'-Lantern  🎃 🎃‏ @jamenta 10 May 2016
        Replying to @Snowden

        @Snowden @BBCwestcott Not if you count the invasion of Iraq as an act of terrorism ...

        3 replies 1 retweet 24 likes
      3. p e t e r p o s t  💌‏ @participassant 10 May 2016
        Replying to @jamenta

        @jamenta @Snowden @BBCwestcott That would be better described as an act of war.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Jam-O'-Lantern  🎃 🎃‏ @jamenta 10 May 2016
        Replying to @participassant

        @participassant @Snowden @BBCwestcott An act of war on innocents ... what would that be called?

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      5. p e t e r p o s t  💌‏ @participassant 10 May 2016
        Replying to @jamenta

        @jamenta @Snowden @BBCwestcott That would be called an act of war.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. Jam-O'-Lantern  🎃 🎃‏ @jamenta 10 May 2016
        Replying to @participassant

        @participassant @Snowden @BBCwestcott Some of us would call it terrorism.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      7. p e t e r p o s t  💌‏ @participassant 11 May 2016
        Replying to @jamenta

        @jamenta @Snowden @BBCwestcott Some also call writing an opinion piece in an opposition newspaper terrorism. I stick to the dictionary.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      8. Jam-O'-Lantern  🎃 🎃‏ @jamenta 11 May 2016
        Replying to @participassant

        @participassant @Snowden @BBCwestcott Blockheads read what blockheads write.

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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      2. Dragin Hikari‏ @DraginHikari 10 May 2016
        Replying to @Xenomorphica

        @Xenomorphica @Snowden @BBCwestcott It's more statement on how our fear cloud the actual danger that actually exists with a given situation.

        4 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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      4. FM‏ @fmguitars 10 May 2016
        Replying to @Xenomorphica

        @Xenomorphica @DraginHikari @Snowden @BBCwestcott So killing thousands of innocent people is ok because a few people pissed us off???

        4 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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      2. Will Carless‏Verified account @willcarless 10 May 2016
        Replying to @Snowden

        @Snowden so are toddlers:http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/mar/13/the-macabre-truth-of-gun-control-in-the-us-is-that-toddlers-kill-more-people-than-terrorists-do …

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      2. Peter Terry‏ @PeterTerry3 10 May 2016
        Replying to @Snowden

        .@Snowden @BBCwestcott This is one of the stupidest tweets I've read this year. And I live in South Africa with 100s of shit tweets daily.

        1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
      3. FM‏ @fmguitars 10 May 2016
        Replying to @PeterTerry3

        @PeterTerry3 @Snowden @BBCwestcott Really, so you think the deaths caused by wars supposedly for terrorism aren't worth careful thought?

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Peter Terry‏ @PeterTerry3 10 May 2016
        Replying to @fmguitars

        @fmguitars @Snowden @BBCwestcott Comparing with car crash deaths is the stupid bit. For a terrorist dead bodies are a bonus. It's about fear

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      5. FM‏ @fmguitars 10 May 2016
        Replying to @PeterTerry3

        @PeterTerry3 @Snowden @BBCwestcott He is talking about how we use our resources to keep us safe. Billions on terrorists are a waste of money

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. Peter Terry‏ @PeterTerry3 10 May 2016
        Replying to @fmguitars

        @fmguitars @Snowden @BBCwestcott Stop jumping around with your own private goalposts, chum. Comparing road deaths to terrorism is idiotic.

        1 reply 1 retweet 2 likes
      7. FM‏ @fmguitars 10 May 2016
        Replying to @PeterTerry3

        @PeterTerry3 @Snowden @BBCwestcott We give billions of dollars to weapons manufacturers to alleviate manufactured fear Better uses for our $

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