You gotta hand it to them, they've determined that 2,000 really isn't such a big deal since lots more people die in other ways. Here are some of the comments from the "Death Tolls, Here's a Perspective!" thread:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1509957/postsAbortions:
* 29,247,142 legal abortions were performed in the United States, 1970-95. (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Vol. 47 No. SS-2) * Estimated abortions worldwide: 527M to 836M (1920-2000) <
http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/policy/abortion/wrjp333sd.html>
1 posted on 10/26/2005 7:46:34 PM PDT by AmericanDave
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To: AmericanDave
16,000+ were murdered in the U.S. last year (or the year before). Compared to 2,000 killed in Iraq during the past 2-1/2 years.
It does put things into perspective.
6 posted on 10/26/2005 8:00:06 PM PDT by i_dont_chat (Houston, TX)
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To: AmericanDave
Here's the annual highway death toll last reported, year 2000:
Persons Killed 41,717 41,821 +0.2%
Unfortunatley, some of our troops make it safely back from Iraq only to die on the nations highways.
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I'm sure our troops can rest better tonight knowing that they could have died here on the highway.
:sarcasm:
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