Non sequitur of the month: pure and simple

This one is also communicated personally. In a conversation I've had with a friend I argued it's silly to avoid travelling to Middle East if the reason for it is fear of being a victim of a terrorist attack because the probability of that happening to you is negligibly low. His answer was: "Yeah, but those statistics mean a lot less if it's you who's the victim, don't they?"

Some non sequiturs are really other fallacies in disguise. Not this one; this is a non sequitur in its purest. There isn't much you can say in ways of explaining what is wrong with it except it just does not follow.