CHART OF THE DAY: WHO DIED WHERE

[avaistheone1]

http://www.balloon-juice.com/2010/09/17/chart-of-the-day-2/

[flamingdem]

1. Thanks for this visualization

Very painful facts.

[OmahaBlueDog]

2. Here's the problem with that chart

You could do an almost identical chart in reverse: the American public cares about:

The huge column being 9-11 victims (who are not first responders, apparently)
The next biggest column would be the troops - who we love, but don't want to pay benefits on
Then would be the Fort Hood victims.. because we've mostly forgotten that
Then those minuscule columns --- that's how much we care about civilian deaths of Iraqis or Afghans.

[avaistheone1]

3. Duly noted

and absolutely correct.

[indepat]

4. Were it true that Americans care little about a reported 1 million+ Afghan and Iraqi civilian

deaths for which they are largely responsible, I would shudder to think what it would say about us as a people, a civilization, a society, a country, a Republic: I would shudder to think what a just God might have in store for us. :shrug: