Would we be as forgiving if we were told: "we were able to secure nearly 10,000 nuclear warheads! We did misplace two, but that's not significant next to the amount we secured."
I think that's why people are getting upset. In this game (or so it seems the arguing is going) "close enough isn't good enough". Despite its insignificance to the amount that might have been lost in and of itself it's quite significant. (We can't make firm claims, however, as to just how dangerous it is. If anything in life "depends on how you use it" its explosives. The same bomb can kill nobody, just a few or hundreds depending on where it's placed.) Personally I don't think it's at all incompatible to be both proud of the amount we've been able to dispose of while still being appalled that such a significant amount was lost. Jim Davis -----Original Message----- From: Sam Morris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2004 6:10 PM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Kerry 298 Bush 231 This is so tiring. Can we ever get passed it? So how many lives did we save be destroying 999,620 tons? Are we done here? --- Paul Vernon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > you've never worked with explosives. 380 tons is a > hell of a large amount > > and more than enough to make a lot of our people > hurt or killed from > IED's. > > I am sure that those soldiers killed or mutilated > will love to know that > > what happened was just digital debris. > > So I did the math.... > > I used comparative data found using Google regarding > warheads and bombs with > payloads from a few tons to just over 20 Mega tons > and their destructive > power... > > If the population count of a city was around 35,000 > per sq mile my > rudimentary maths says that 380 tons of TNT would > kill circa 2-3000 > people... > > That works out just under the lives lost on 9/11... > Hardly decimal > dust/digital debris is it??? > > Paul > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=34 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:133755 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
