Re: [Marxism] Example answer to "why don't you protest rocket attacks" question

[Eli Stephens <elishastephens@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ruthless is a bit "math-challenged": "Given that Gaza has 1.5 million people, 
the 400+ people killed by bombing so far is (proportionately) like the 3000+ 
who were killed in the 9/11 attacks in the USA (which has a population of about 
300 million), if you compare the number of deaths to the total population."

Um, no. 400 (actually now 430, and I'm absolutely certain there must be many 
more bodies still lying under the rubble, so 430 is the *minimum* number 
killed) people out of 1.5 million is like *80,000* killed in a population of 
300 million. That's a "9/11" every two weeks for an entire year.


Eli Stephens
 Left I on the News
 http://lefti.blogspot.com


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