> Sometimes I wonder whether I should be disturbed by myself. Be disturbed by it, it's a disturbing fact. But realize that these calculations were made, are made and will continue to be made, and not just by the US.
It makes me sad too. But there's a part of this story that gets me angry as well, and that is by saying what he said, Dallaire implied and therefore people all around the would will (and do) infer, that other countries DID NOT and DO NOT think in terms of 1: 85,000 (or some other ratio) that only the despicable US, thinks in these terms. Ah well...can't win for losin' will ---- William H. Bowen Webmaster ALSTOM's T&D Energy Automation & Information Business "Your friendly neighborhood Webmaster!" [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.esca.com/ 425.739.3629 Voice 425.466.7016 Cell 425.739.3690 FAX ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jochem van Dieten" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 7:03 PM Subject: Re: Some people are more equal as others > William H. Bowen wrote: > > Of course, at the same time, the rest of the world broke their necks racing > > at great speeds to help out. > > Some even broke their necks racing to help people deeper in. I can think > of at least 4 countries (2 African and 2 European). But the thought that > this tpe of calculation is actually made (even apart from the outcome of > it) just doesn't feel right. > > And do you know what is scary? Hearing these numbers doesn't even make > me angry, just sad. Sad of what a place this world is. Sad that when I > take a god look at some of the classes I follow in Uni, they teach me to > do exactly this type of calculation. But in the end I will just shrug > and go on. > Sometimes I wonder whether I should be disturbed by myself. > > Jochem > > -- > A single death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic. > - Joseph Stalin > > ______________________________________________________________________ Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-community@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
