I'm Over It
I will be really glad when this 9/11 national holiday has passed. I am at the point where I immediately grab the remote when a related story is introduced. How long will it be until we start having 9/11 sales at a store near you.
3,000 people died.
I wish we were as obsessive about the 43,000 deaths caused by traffic accidents (non alcohol related), the 85,000 deaths related to alcohol use, the 435,000 deaths caused by tobacco use, the 29,000 killed by guns. (Multiply each of these numbers by 5 to compare with the 5 year total of deaths by terrorism.)
How about the fact that twice as many black babies die than do white ones.
A whole bunch of people die premature and preventable deaths. Let's act as if we care about them all.
3,000 people died.
I wish we were as obsessive about the 43,000 deaths caused by traffic accidents (non alcohol related), the 85,000 deaths related to alcohol use, the 435,000 deaths caused by tobacco use, the 29,000 killed by guns. (Multiply each of these numbers by 5 to compare with the 5 year total of deaths by terrorism.)
How about the fact that twice as many black babies die than do white ones.
A whole bunch of people die premature and preventable deaths. Let's act as if we care about them all.
posted by Keith at Saturday, September 09, 2006
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