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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-23-08 10:03 PM
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Help me out with the numbers
If the Bush Admin dismisses every death that's commonly seen as a milestone (1,000, 2,000, 3,000, 4,000, etc.) on the grounds that "it's just a number," doesn't that mean that every death is just a number?

In other words, every death is insignificant?

Sorry if I'm late to the party on this one...
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grantcart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-23-08 10:04 PM
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1. So?
Edited on Sun Mar-23-08 10:07 PM by grantcart
I assume that quoting Cheney shows exactly how heartless these people are
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-23-08 10:06 PM
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2. Grrrr!
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grantcart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-23-08 10:07 PM
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4. thanks I had to go back and edit because I was a little worried someone might not get the ref.
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-23-08 10:12 PM
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6. I admit that it threw me for a moment
But then I happened to hear the phrase "unmitigated evil," and Cheney popped immediately to mind.
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tool_of_the_people Donating Member (330 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-23-08 10:06 PM
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3. That's what's so fucked up.

It's not just a number. It's someone's son or daughter, someone's mother or father, someone's husband or wife.

To say it's just another number allows us to forget the impact of losing another life.

Shame on him.
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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-23-08 10:08 PM
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5. "So...."
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Lex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-23-08 10:14 PM
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7. As long as it's not their son or daughter, then they don't care.
They just DON'T.
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ColbertWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-23-08 10:16 PM
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8. Dick has a special message for everyone in America...
...http://wikiality.com/Special_message">Dick's Message To America
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