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Post #267,188 by drewk 9/11/06 10:34:12 AM Reply	"Three dead is a tragedy, three thousand is a statistic" No, it's not true and I know it. But huge numbers tend to come from impersonal acts and events. Someone mistreating their kids can make me sick. What happened at the WTC only hits me intellectually. If I knew anyone there, I'm sure it would be different. Note also that I tend to avoid the shows that focus on "the personal tragedies of $insert_major_event_here". Everyone has a limit to how much outrage and empathy they can summon up, beyond which they're numbed to misfortune. I'd rather save mine for people I know and things I can do something about. No one can stay outraged forever ... at least no one that I want to be around or be like. === Purveyor of Doc Hope's [link\|http://DocHope.com\|fresh-baked dog biscuits and pet treats]. [link\|http://DocHope.com\|http://DocHope.com]
Post #267,190 by bepatient 9/11/06 10:42:24 AM Reply	Its not outrage. And there were several issues keeping me "inside" the events...but the feeling is certainly not intellectual. Too much of today's music is fashionable crap dressed as artistry._{Adrian Belew}
Post #267,203 by pwhysall 9/11/06 12:21:48 PM Reply	I'm much the same. 11th September 2001 was something that happened somewhere else to other people, for me. Harsh? Probably. True? Definitely. Did I have a personal or emotional stake in it in any way? No. Peter [link\|http://www.no2id.net/\|Don't Let The Terrorists Win] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Home] Use P2P for legitimate purposes! [link\|http://kevan.org/brain.cgi?pwhysall\|A better terminal emulator]
Post #267,207 by boxley 9/11/06 12:31:19 PM Reply	dunno if it helps but if you add all the deaths worldwide from violence, war terrorism and traffic accidents, that number is less than the annual worldwide suicide rate. thanx, bill Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free american and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 50 years. meep
Post #267,208 by pwhysall 9/11/06 12:39:13 PM Reply	It's about as many will die in traffic accidents this month ...in the USA. Which, itself, is a shocking statistic. Peter [link\|http://www.no2id.net/\|Don't Let The Terrorists Win] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Home] Use P2P for legitimate purposes! [link\|http://kevan.org/brain.cgi?pwhysall\|A better terminal emulator]

I really overestimated myself - (bepatient) - (41) - Sept. 11, 2006, 09:16:37 AM EDT

Glad I'm not the only one. -NT - (Steve Lowe) - Sept. 11, 2006, 10:19:09 AM EDT

Glad I'm not the only one. -NT - (Steve Lowe) - Sept. 11, 2006, 10:19:23 AM EDT

"Three dead is a tragedy, three thousand is a statistic" - (drewk) - (4) - Sept. 11, 2006, 10:34:12 AM EDT

Its not outrage. - (bepatient) - Sept. 11, 2006, 10:42:24 AM EDT

I'm much the same. - (pwhysall) - Sept. 11, 2006, 12:21:48 PM EDT

dunno if it helps but - (boxley) - (1) - Sept. 11, 2006, 12:31:19 PM EDT

It's about as many will die in traffic accidents this month - (pwhysall) - Sept. 11, 2006, 12:39:13 PM EDT

You should be sick. - (bionerd) - (6) - Sept. 11, 2006, 11:12:55 AM EDT

Why? - (jbrabeck) - (5) - Sept. 11, 2006, 03:21:44 PM EDT

I guess because - (bionerd) - (4) - Sept. 11, 2006, 04:31:41 PM EDT

And- my task at work today - (bionerd) - Sept. 11, 2006, 04:36:28 PM EDT

Do you have the same feeling - (xtensive) - (2) - Sept. 11, 2006, 09:56:02 PM EDT

Victims of the random attacks are tragic - (bepatient) - Sept. 12, 2006, 10:55:07 AM EDT

Yes, but to a lesser degree because - (bionerd) - Sept. 12, 2006, 10:37:06 AM EDT

Why are we at work today? - (tuberculosis) - (2) - Sept. 11, 2006, 12:27:59 PM EDT

Cool, another 3-day weekend ... break out the grill -NT - (drewk) - (1) - Sept. 11, 2006, 01:17:04 PM EDT

And the mattress sales - (lincoln) - Sept. 11, 2006, 03:07:25 PM EDT

I was crying this morning. Again. - (folkert) - (1) - Sept. 11, 2006, 03:52:48 PM EDT

I cried, too. -NT - (bionerd) - Sept. 11, 2006, 04:33:19 PM EDT

I remember it like it was yesterday - (tuberculosis) - Sept. 11, 2006, 04:45:56 PM EDT

I did my best to avoid the images on TV today - (Nightowl) - (1) - Sept. 11, 2006, 10:38:16 PM EDT

How Safe Are We? (new thread) - (Nightowl) - Sept. 11, 2006, 10:41:13 PM EDT

Perspective of a 14 year old. - (mmoffitt) - (17) - Sept. 12, 2006, 02:15:39 PM EDT

Actually, there's an easy answer: the true one - (jake123) - (2) - Sept. 12, 2006, 02:19:08 PM EDT

That's human nature - (bionerd) - (1) - Sept. 12, 2006, 02:43:54 PM EDT

That may be - (jake123) - Sept. 12, 2006, 03:52:57 PM EDT

I was thinking about the kids, too - (drewk) - (6) - Sept. 12, 2006, 02:37:28 PM EDT

'We have always been at war with East Asia..' - (Ashton) - (5) - Sept. 12, 2006, 04:22:09 PM EDT

You knew that was an Orwell quote? - (drewk) - (4) - Sept. 12, 2006, 04:29:01 PM EDT

I've been reading a fine bio of George O - (Ashton) - (2) - Sept. 12, 2006, 04:38:52 PM EDT

Depressing how often he's still relevant -NT - (drewk) - (1) - Sept. 12, 2006, 04:41:45 PM EDT

Re: Depressing how often he's ^h^h the Greeks - (Ashton) - Sept. 12, 2006, 05:42:50 PM EDT

I knew... - (jb4) - Sept. 12, 2006, 06:47:59 PM EDT

She is old enough (and clearly wise enough) now, to grok - (Ashton) - Sept. 12, 2006, 03:59:22 PM EDT

I agree with her - (boxley) - (5) - Sept. 12, 2006, 05:19:27 PM EDT

Send that to Move On - they have the Will, the $$ and the - (Ashton) - (1) - Sept. 12, 2006, 06:30:00 PM EDT

wrong messenger, need to bleed it from the grassroots - (boxley) - Sept. 12, 2006, 07:33:51 PM EDT

I couldn't watch or listen to the coverage either. 36 kB. - (Another Scott) - (2) - Sept. 13, 2006, 09:44:42 AM EDT

Not the coverage I was speaking about - (bepatient) - (1) - Sept. 13, 2006, 10:50:00 AM EDT

My wife saw that too - scared her until she realized it was - (jbrabeck) - Sept. 13, 2006, 11:10:56 AM EDT

The only thing I watched.... - (static) - Sept. 13, 2006, 09:11:11 PM EDT

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