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classic uneasiness with killing a few people while being okay with killing lots of people. What a smug remark. And who is okay with killing lots of people? Cit
by contextual 13y ago
classic uneasiness with killing a few people while being okay with killing lots of people.
What a smug remark. And who is okay with killing lots of people? Citation please!
- eshvk 13y agoI am not sure if the OP phrased it properly but humans relate better to specific examples. This is why a little girl covered with napalm related burns has more of an effect in the media than 50,000 deaths [1]. [1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War_casualties#Deaths_caused_by_the_American_military http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War_casualties#Deaths_c...
- DerpDerpDerp 13y agoIt's because people can't really picture what "50,000 deaths" looks like. It's just outside of the scale our brains are evolved to cope with.