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To: yard_man who wrote (69583)	9/9/2006 2:09:44 PM
From: Broken_Clock	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110194

Maybe we shouldn't trust anything the gov't says...

To: yard_man who wrote (69583)	9/9/2006 5:28:51 PM
From: bart13	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110194

MY recent trade journal was devoted to terrorism -- I almost threw the thing in the trash -- but there was a nice article with graphs in there number of people killed annually in terrorist attacks vs. those killed in industrial accidents and natural disasters. Agreed - and from my FAQ page: Can we please have some perspective on deaths from various causes? * World War II, 55 million (U.S. share, about 400,000) * China - Mao Zedong (1949-1975), 40 million * Flu epidemic, 1918 - World wide, 30+ million which was 3% of the world population (estimates range from 20-100 million)(U.S. estimate is 600,000+) * HIV/AIDs - 21 million as of 2006 * Russia - Stalin (1924-1953), 20 million * World War I, 15 million * Holocaust - about 6 million Jews (and up to 6 million Christians too) * Congo War, ended in 2002 - 3.8 million * Natural disasters - 1900-1999, 3.5 million (floods, earthquakes, volcanoes, etc. but not drought or famine) * Malaria - world yearly, 1+ million (out of 300+ million cases) * U.S. Civil War - about 600,000 * Flu, World - yearly 500,000+ * Prescription drugs - U.S. only, 120,000 per year (source - Death by Medicine, by Dr. Gary Null) * Vietnam war - U.S. only, 58 thousand * Auto accidents - U.S. 2004 total 42,636 (alcohol related - 16,694) * Flu, U.S. - yearly average 36,000 * Suicide - U.S. yearly, 30 thousand (2000) * U.S. Revolutionary War - about 25,000 * Guns - U.S. yearly, 15 thousand (32 thousand if suicides included) (1997) (Defensive Gun Use Study, a very under reported item) * 9/11/2001 - approx. 3000 * 12/7/1941 Pearl Harbor - approx. 2400 * Russian Civil War (1919-1920) - about 500