A Single Death Is a Tragedy; A Million Deaths Is a Statistic
this post was submitted on 30 Sep 2023
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I liked it better when this was misattributed to Stalin.
"A Single Death Is a Tragedy; A Million Deaths Is a Statistic" - The Lorax
"The trees can't be harmed if the Lorax is armed."
~The Lorax
Tell that to the Jews.
Why is he benighted?
"in a state of pitiful or contemptible intellectual or moral ignorance"
New word!
How about we curse them both?
i say we let the feller at the billionaires
As someone who lives locally to said Sycamore, it's quite surreal to me that this has made such widespread news.
It's a nice image and completely senseless that someone would destroy it. The story creates a universal "WTF?" reaction from everyone.
No people died, so it's a story that isn't morbid, no debates about anything political, it's just pure WTF so it's a simple story for news companies around the world to pick up.
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