[extropy-chat] Death Toll

[Dirk Bruere]

Dan Clemmensen wrote:

> The loss of 50 lives in London is horrible.
>
> In today's news, insurgents killed at least 20 Iraqis. Yesterday, 20 
> Iraqis were killed by insurgents. So far this year, on average, at 
> least 50 Iraqis per week have been killed by insurgents, and some 
> number of insurgents and/or Iraqi non-combatants have been killed by 
> American and/or Alliance troops.
>
> Why are we more upset by the loss of lives in London than by the loss 
> of lives in Iraq?

Because London is not supposed to be a major war zone.
Iraq is.

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Dirk

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