Re: OT: If America Were Iraq

From: Fred Bloggs (nospam_at_nospam.com)
Date: 10/05/04 

Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2004 12:28:05 GMT

John Larkin wrote:
> On Tue, 05 Oct 2004 01:50:18 GMT, Fred Bloggs <nospam@nospam.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>>This by Juan Cole:
>>
>>
>>If America were Iraq, What would it be Like?
>>
>>President Bush said Tuesday that the Iraqis are refuting the pessimists
>>and implied that things are improving in that country.
>>
>>What would America look like if it were in Iraq's current situation? The
>>population of the US is over 11 times that of Iraq, so a lot of
>>statistics would have to be multiplied by that number.
>>
>>Thus, violence killed 300 Iraqis last week, the equivalent
>>proportionately of 3,300 Americans. What if 3,300 Americans had died in
>>car bombings, grenade and rocket attacks, machine gun spray, and aerial
>>bombardment in the last week? That is a number greater than the deaths
>>on September 11, and if America were Iraq, it would be an ongoing,
>>weekly or monthly toll.
>>
>>And what if those deaths occurred all over the country, including in the
>>capital of Washington, DC, but mainly above the Mason Dixon line, in
>>Boston, Minneapolis, Salt Lake City, and San Francisco?
>>
>
>
> You are describing cigarettes. They kill over 8,000 Americans a week,
> in a most gruesome and painful manner.
>
> John
>
>

As usual- when it comes to non-electronic matters- the nerd Larkin is a
total zero! Are those 8,000 deaths distributed among the innocent,
children, men and women in prime of their life, people who never smoked?
If you can't see the distinction, then do everyone a service and think
about the plastic bag over head trick.

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