Civilian deaths in Iraq
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Vikram Punathambekar wrote: I've got practically no interest in this matter any more, but who is unbiased? I mean, the US media is biased when it comes to reporting stuff about the war, the Iraqi media is biased about exaggerating civilian deaths, ...the truth is, NOBODY is unbiased. Ergo I should believe everything or believe nothing because none are perfectly unbiased? No thanks. The "nobody is unbiased" phrase is deceptive because it avoids the obvious fact that some are more biased than others, just like "nobody is perfect" doesn't mean everyone is equally good or bad. ------------------------------------------ "What happened in that Rhode Island club is shocking. To think that over a hundred people would attend a Great White concert." - The Onion
Brit wrote: ...because it avoids the obvious fact that some are more biased than others Excellent point. :) Brit wrote: I should believe everything or believe nothing because none are perfectly unbiased? Of course not- that would be ridiculous. I just meant you (and practically everybody, including me) have to be careful of what, and more importantly, whom to believe. Don't write off anybody.
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Evidence is mounting to suggest that between 5,000 and 10,000 Iraqi civilians may have died during the recent war, according to researchers involved in independent surveys of the country. http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0522/p01s02-woiq.html
So how many did Saddam and his followers kill since the last Gulf War. Hmm. Michael 'War is at best barbarism...Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, more vengeance, more desolation. War is hell.' - General William Sherman, 1879