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Originally posted by Doc
The second quote compares American deaths in California (ie MVC) to American deaths in Iraq (via "WAR") |
Which is completely meaningless without the additional context of "how many american soldiers are in Iraq".
I can go find out how many people die in china every day, and it will be a huge number compared to the number of american soldiers who die in Iraq, but that doesn't mean that China is more dangerous than Iraq, it means that China is a huge fucking country with lots of people.
Similarly, the number of people who die in automobile accidents in california each year has nothing to do with the number of soldiers who die in Iraq each year because the number of Californians is huge compared to the number of soldiers currently deployed in Iraq.
The article is deliberately taking statistics out of context in order to pretend that it's proving a point which is in fact false. Iraq is not safer than california, driving is not more dangerous than being a soldier.