From: Ben (ben@machinegod.org)
Date: Fri Aug 02 2002 - 17:06:19 MDT
[Hermit 1] Yes, considerable numbers were killed.
[Limbic 2] 'considerable' is a subjective standard. Given the scale of the
fighting a tiny number died.
[Hermit 3] Hold on, you are now trying to change the maning of
'considerable' which simply means worthy of consideration. Is the number of
civilian deaths which we have evidence for not worthy of consideration?
[ben 4]"Considerable" is clearly subjective. If troops killed my sister, I
would find that death considerable, regardless of the opions of
statisticians and armchair politicians. I would be right. Depending on the
purposes of the statisticians and politicos, they might be right as well.
Therefore, "Considerable" is not a precise metric.
-ben
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