01-11-2007, 12:45 PM
G.Irish Wrote:On another note, I'm afraid that America is becoming too casualty averse. If we're gonna get bent out of shape over 3000 deaths how are we going to respond when we get in a serious conflict where we have 10 times as many deaths?
I believe it the death per acheivement or death per objective if you will that inflames people.
People don't question deaths when they feel they're worth the cause. (i.e. stopping Nazi Germany)
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"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth