Well in my opinion that if you couple fear with reason debate it takes the wind of out fear's sails so to speak. Currently we have media outlets, and the government officials feeding them press releases, focusing very heavily on the sensationalist blood and gore and less on the more complete debate. A Bible quote that adorns the main building on the University of Texas at Austin is "Ye Shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free." A reasoned debate about problems, takes facts and using reason puts them into perspective. For example a rational and logical look at our foreign policy might result in a different approach towards the War on Terror. It might emphasize that I'm more likely to die from a car accident within 25 miles from my home, than a suicide bomber. It might note that if the $400 Billion spent on the Iraq War had been spent on a worldwide water purification program in the third world, we might have reduced the effects of religious extremism by winning hearts and minds. There are things to fear, but knowing the facts and properly framing them you begin to see that we are not helpless against fearful things, despite what our government and media seems to say nowadays, but rather we can tackle these problems and solve them one at a time. And once we start solving problems, they don't seem so scary after all. To quote FDR, "We have nothing to fear, but fear itself." When we return to the national attitude that problems might seem scary, but ultimately we will prevail, fear becomes a manageable byproduct of our lives instead of this paralyzing force.