One death is a tragedy, but a million deaths are a statistic - J. Stalin
www.wwviews.com | 14.06.2003 06:55
The Holocaust is considered a 'tragedy', so would the deaths of thousands of innocent Iraqis be considered a tragedy or merely a statistic?
"One death is a tragedy, but a million deaths are a statistic" - Joseph Stalin
That says it all really doesn't it? The sheer reality of the human condition to be able to turn one death into a tragedy and a million deaths into a statistic.... so the question must be asked... The Holocaust. Tragedy? Or statistic? American History books would have you believe it was the single most horrific tragedy ever to occur in the history of the world.
So by the same token, would not the deaths of the ten thousand innocent Iraqi civilians be considered a tragedy as well? Or will they be written down as a statistic, because after all history is written by the victors. And as we all know, the victor in this Iraq "Liberation" war were the Americans. Only time will tell.
"At least 5,000 civilians may have been killed during the invasion of Iraq,
an independent research group has claimed. As more evidence
is collated, it says, the figure could reach 10,000.
Iraq Body Count (IBC), a volunteer group of British and US academics and
researchers, compiled statistics on civilian casualties from media
reports and estimated that between 5,000
and 7,000 civilians died in the conflict."
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That says it all really doesn't it? The sheer reality of the human condition to be able to turn one death into a tragedy and a million deaths into a statistic.... so the question must be asked... The Holocaust. Tragedy? Or statistic? American History books would have you believe it was the single most horrific tragedy ever to occur in the history of the world.
So by the same token, would not the deaths of the ten thousand innocent Iraqi civilians be considered a tragedy as well? Or will they be written down as a statistic, because after all history is written by the victors. And as we all know, the victor in this Iraq "Liberation" war were the Americans. Only time will tell.
"At least 5,000 civilians may have been killed during the invasion of Iraq,
an independent research group has claimed. As more evidence
is collated, it says, the figure could reach 10,000.
Iraq Body Count (IBC), a volunteer group of British and US academics and
researchers, compiled statistics on civilian casualties from media
reports and estimated that between 5,000
and 7,000 civilians died in the conflict."
read the full report and others like it here www.wwviews.com
"one man's lie is another man's truth"
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14.06.2003 09:07
Tragedy. Crime. What a stupid question.
> American History books would have you believe it was the single most horrific tragedy ever to occur in the history of the world.
Not just American. History books from practically every nation, barring those in the Arab world, correctly describe the Holocaust as the single most horrific tragedy ever to occur in the history of the world.
Jamie
holocaust = boring
14.06.2003 09:49
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14.06.2003 10:24
dave the pave