Raedwulf:

You think public mores should be rational, make sense, follow some sort of logic? Come on. The answer to your question is that the emotional tantrum-du-jour centers on the surprise attacks of 2001. What could numbers have to do with it? For one thing 90% of those who died in WW2 were probably unknown to any of the young toffs currently administering our various gummint PR branches. For another, a fresh would always seems to hurt more than an old one.

Why do people worship invisible spirits or wave their fingers in the air at black cats? Emotions don't follow the paths of transistor logic. How big is a loss? How long is a piece of string?


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