If country X has 100,000 people and
country Y has 100,100,000 people
if ten people are killed in country X
it is exactly the same as if ten people
are killed in country Y
it is true that the population of X
declines by a greater percentage than
that of Y in the above example
but
any other way of looking at leads to the
fallacy or saying that one Iraqi is equal to
12 Americans or whatever gruesome comparison
you choose to make
A