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Originally Posted by WEG Cory
Do you measure devastation from a death-toll?
Do human lives attach a value, something tangible, to them after they pass on? Is a jewish stockbroker's lost life assessed at a higher value than a shrimp boat employee?
Do you think the loss of an oil rig compares to the loss of a human life? Is more or less valuable?
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Sure Cory - devastation is measured from death-toll, tho, would add - ongoing suffering by both the death toll and other factors which may be a result of a disaster - eg, further death by disease, starvation etc.
All other trivia pales into insignificance in comparison - the trivia such as an oil rig, can be reconstructed/repaired. Mmmm.. where is the "higher value" when you are dead? Death is the great leveller
