-Caveat Lector- It wasn�t about the worth of an individual. It was about the proportion of people killed to the total size of the society.
In a country of 10 people, killing one wipes out 10% of the population, and will cause a greater overall effect on the society, that the death of one person in a society of 100 million. I think that was the point, no? on 8/2/02 6:18 PM, Euphorian at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > -Caveat Lector- > > 8/2/02 10:04:36 AM, Tenorlove <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> -Caveat Lector- >> >>> >>> Making basic elementary calculation, it's giving me a factor >>> proportion of >>> 1:56 !!! > > > So. Are we to read that one person over there is worth fifty-six over here? > > If so, since when? By my basic calculation, One = One. > > This reads like some preposterous appeal to emotionality. I would counter > that any Americans who suffer at > the hands of terrorists would infinitely be more valuable than anyone else, > simply because they who do > suffer are usually in uniform (non-civilians) and do not have the luxury of > sitting around in some urbanised > area, complaining about the air conditioning and the gridlock of traffic, > considering whether or not their condo > is going to bring the improperly maximised price. Unless one considers a tent > city with a stiff winter breeze, > crowded cots and whether the supply guy will get upgraded canvas to be the > same thing. > > So, in MY appeal to justified emotionality, let us consider who the Americans > are who are out there in the > boonies, austenisbly defending somebody's country, generally not their own, > the one they swore to defend. > > Solutions to the dead and dying in the Middle East are not comparable or even > compatible with American > goals and aspirations around the World. 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