By that logic, a good chunk of the reason we live in America is because we don't want to live in countries where this happens. In America this is an unusual occurence. In other parts of the world it's a way of life. We don't want to live that way.

This is either a stupid comment or a very stupid comment.
God damn boy! Do you really think that people outside the U.S. like living that way? Do you think everybody out there has a machinegun hidden his pillow and has a bomb attached to him when he goes to school? Open your eyes and peek out of your little bubble once in a while! It's not because John Doe decides to bomb a public bus that the mother of a child who was riding it will say : "Yes it happened but its our way of life and I accept it. We were dumb not to move to corporate U.S., this sort of thing doesn't happen over there because they are so RIGHTEOUS!" Sure it's "big news" but life goes on for most of us and dont let the past and it's media booster hurt over and over. Just get over 9/11 and be glad it doesn't happen so often over here. At least you don't have to dodge bullets when you walk around your neighborhood (unless you live in a gang warzone or something like that).