Random history-related question: how many dead people would you think would be necessary before you'd call something a massacre?
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Emily - Apr 28, 2005 6:11:03 am PDT #6204 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Amy - Apr 28, 2005 6:15:52 am PDT #6205 of 10001
Because books.
how many dead people would you think would be necessary before you'd call something a massacre?
Wouldn't it depend on context? If someone killed everyone living in one house (i.e. John List killing his family of five or six in the 1970s) that could be a massacre. But as a societal thing? I think it depends on how much of a specific population was wiped out.
Scrappy - Apr 28, 2005 6:18:49 am PDT #6206 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
vw--I was once stuck at Schipol (the Amsterdam airport) for 5 hours. it's a good airport to wait around in--they have lots of chairs and newstands and a McDonalds and also nice coffee shops. They also have a massage booth and lots of nice little shops. I'm sure they had a pleasant time there--and now they are winging their way home!
vw bug - Apr 28, 2005 6:22:12 am PDT #6207 of 10001
Mostly lurking...
how many dead people would you think would be necessary before you'd call something a massacre?
Wouldn't it depend on context?
I would think so.
Em, there are some interesting things that I googled:
Columbine is considered a massacre.
Massacres of history: [link]
What makes a massacre: [link]
Steph L. - Apr 28, 2005 6:24:04 am PDT #6208 of 10001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Don't forget the Alice's Restaurant Massacree....
vw bug - Apr 28, 2005 6:25:35 am PDT #6209 of 10001
Mostly lurking...
Robin, good to know! Thank you.
Alrighty. I'm off to the hospital. Send the ~ma at noon.
Topic!Cindy - Apr 28, 2005 6:26:22 am PDT #6210 of 10001
What is even happening?
I didn't think d was Dee, because d does post, not often enough, but still. I wonder who Dee is.
Come out, come out, wherever you are, unless you're intent on a massacre, or something.
Amy - Apr 28, 2005 6:34:00 am PDT #6211 of 10001
Because books.
Cindy's tag is making me think of yams.
Sending vw special early ~ma because I might not be around at noon.
Topic!Cindy - Apr 28, 2005 6:40:27 am PDT #6212 of 10001
What is even happening?
Sadly, I'm a yamless sahm sham. But it made me think of yams yesterday when I copped it from beth's post, too.
Amy - Apr 28, 2005 6:45:43 am PDT #6213 of 10001
Because books.
a yamless sahm sham
This could be my tag into perpetuity. I hate yams. And I am such a sahm sham, it's not even funny. She says as the baby giggles somewhere in the other room, unsupervised...