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Cube Inmate · 10-18-2005, 01:13 PM

And I was convinced that the world was going to hell!

2002 was probably the slowest year for deaths in the last 5 years, considering that the bulk of the fighting was done in Afghanistan in late 2001 (in addition to 3000-odd deaths in New York), and the Iraq invasion didn't happen until '03.

Could just be selective statistics...or could be reflective of fewer civil conflicts in Africa, Asia, Central/S. America, etc. Need context to pull any meaning out of these numbers...unless you're a Globe & Mail reporter, of course.

I guess if you compare the threat of terrorism with the threat of nuclear war, we are a heck of a lot safer now than we were in 1950.

Can't wait for the Utopian world of Star Trek to come true.

10-18-2005, 01:13 PM	#5
Cube Inmate First Line Centre Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Boxed-in Exp:	And I was convinced that the world was going to hell! 2002 was probably the slowest year for deaths in the last 5 years, considering that the bulk of the fighting was done in Afghanistan in late 2001 (in addition to 3000-odd deaths in New York), and the Iraq invasion didn't happen until '03. Could just be selective statistics...or could be reflective of fewer civil conflicts in Africa, Asia, Central/S. America, etc. Need context to pull any meaning out of these numbers...unless you're a Globe & Mail reporter, of course. I guess if you compare the threat of terrorism with the threat of nuclear war, we are a heck of a lot safer now than we were in 1950. Can't wait for the Utopian world of Star Trek to come true.