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9/11 killed 3k people


I don't have the full context of the thread here, but it sounds to me like you're saying '9/11' was at scale x, and therefore a benchmark is established for acceptable 'repercussion cost.'

If that's what you're saying, I guess I'd flag that the 'repercussion cost' for 9/11 is still very much open to debate, and there is significant data to point towards almost every step the US took as a reaction to 9/11 being problematic, ranging from who was targeted, what the collateral impact was, and whether it actually solved any of the underlying problems.


3k out of 300 million, so 1 in 10000.

1k out of 8 million is 1 out of 8000.

Every person in Israel knows someone who knows a victim personally. Think how deep this trauma is to Israel.


The civilian count of October 7th was 695 people. Not that that makes it any better, but it's about a 50% increase to push it to 1000. The population of Israel is about 9.5 million. So your actual ratio is closer to 1 in 13500 or so.

If we're keeping the scales, then an October 7 situation happens in the Gaza strip every time about 170 die. I think if you look the numbers of the current and historical conflicts it might help shape perceptions.


OK, now do 37k out of 2 million


You missed a zero in 9/11’s case.

Also, I wouldn’t go into such numbers, because if these matter, then actions of Hamas are very easily justifiable. The story is way more complex than these numbers.




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