[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > You went far enough...:) While this holds truth, just because someone never took the time to quantify, or at least, guesstimate the effect of the Hiroshima/Nagasaki bombings had on the world, or even the effect the outbreak of SARS had in that and other regions, effects of such on tourism, flights, work e.t.c., doesn't mean that they could have been any less than the effects of 9/11.
In Hong Kong, people don't even touch public escalator or stair rails anymore, people don't shake hands, people hardly go to the hospitals as medical staff could be infected with SARS. Can you quantify the effect of that on Hong Kong, much less, the global economy? The problem here seems to be, that while Americans are valid to take more pride and precedence on their own affairs and problems, doesn't mean we should join them with blind eyes. As spectators, I believe we have the bird's eye view of what we think the most disastrous man-made caualties are. Look at aircraft; millions of lives have been lost since the inception of powered, controlled and sustained flight. More than 60% of the aircraft in today's skies are manufactured in the USA, others in other parts of Europe. Can you buy a single person's life for even $30 billion. Boeing, Airbus, Fokker, Jetstream, BAE, Gulfstream, Dassault, Cessna, CFM, Snecma, Rolls Royce, Pratt & Whitney e.t.c. are all man-made aviation companies building man-made aviation technology that causes man-made aviation death. If one person isn't even worth $30 billion, how about the millions that have died from airplane accidents (notwithstanding, the fact that a trans-continental jet aircraft is anywhere between $80 million and $200 million, a piece)? And then man still has some balance left in the kitty, to take manned space ships to Mars in a decade. The bombings in Kenya and Tanzania claimed thousands of lives, and had far worse rippling effects (new US embassy built in Uganda and the region, imposing higher security, less accessible US visas and associated effects on Ugandans wishing to travel, e.t.c). But just because these effects aren't quanitfiable, doesn't mean they don't have a (long-term) financial effect on the whole world. I hope we are not losing the plot :). > > > Quoting Kabagambe Kenneth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> On Mon, Jan 19, 2004 at 09:20:44AM +0300, Mark Tinka wrote: >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>>> It is simple. These are American lives we are talking about, not >>>> simple Japanese people. Over a million Vietnamese died in the >>>> Vietnam war - besides Vietnam being carpet bombed for I do not >>>> know how many years... but again it was cheaper. >>>> >>>> T. >>> >>> Over a million you say... And, ummh, 9/11 was how many... Over 300 >>> confirmed and another 4,000 or so missing. >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ----Original Message Follows---- >>>> locations, ecnomically, socially, and in health. >>>> >>>> How can that be quanitified, in billions, if not gazillions? >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >> >> Firstly, Americans treasure their blood more that most nationalities >> I know.Whenever an american is wounded or killed in the middle east >> or some other conflict area, it is sure to make the news, that means >> CNN->BBC->Reuters-(spill over effect)->New Vision->Your desk. So >> this, to Americans,is personal. The reason why that attack was the >> costliest is because of the spill-over effects to the rest of the >> world.Besides causing a financial crisis in the US that spilled over >> to Japan, Europe and england,resulting in massive losses in >> stocks and bonds, it has led to countries shifting their priorities >> from development to fighting terrorism.This is >> very expensive .This is an ongoing fight as Rumsdel will tell >> you,but that means that the economy of Kenya which depends on >> tourism will have to go into noise dive, countries that used to >> enjoy excellent trading cooperations with the US are force to address >> conditions that the US imposes on them before trade agreements can be >> made.The middle east flared into allout war, with >> sides being aligned pro- and anti- war on terrorism.i stop here. >> - ken >> (not a politician) >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------- >> This service is hosted on the Infocom network >> http://www.infocom.co.ug >> > > > > > ------------------------------------------------- > This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ > > > --------------------------------------------- > This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug Regards, Mark Tinka Technical Manager, Africa Online Swaziland --------------------------------------------- This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
