Thursday, October 23, 2008


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A single death is a tragedy;
A million deaths is a statistic.
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-Joseph Stalin

4 comments:

linnea said...

wow...

so powerful

Sienna said...

hold on... what is he saying???

Damien said...

if you know anything about joseph stalin you know this is a cold-hearted statement (he was responsible for the murder of millions). but it does speak to the fact that when we hear about huge numbers of deaths our feelings are numbed and it just registers as mere information.

Sienna said...

yeah..i was just learning about stalin in 20th century, that's why i wondered why you had it up there...now i have a better idea though.