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Wire > I guess today is one of those none-techie days, the servers should be > getting confused! > > Joe > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark > Tinka > Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 1:16 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: lug_: OT: Costliest Man-Made Tragedy > > > [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 > > > > > --------------------------------------------- > This service is hosted on the Infocom network > http://www.infocom.co.ug --------------------------------------------- This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
