An article at
c|Net actually makes some good points about browser "safety." Art Manion points out proper precautions one should use when using the Internet with any browser.
If you want to see what is really telling, though, take a look at the comments. They ridicule anyone who dares to suggest non-IE browsers may be unsafe or vulnerable. Reminds me of the kids who would steal cars with air bags and drive them into walls for a thrill. Their sense of invulnerability got some of them crippled and killed. Or the guys smoking low tar cigarettes maintaining they haven't killed them yet!
I hope those folks never have their machine compromised, but I, for one, won't be surprised is they do.