This is not my work. I am sharing it on my DA for exposure, original source - [link] - although I am not sure if that is the ultimate source.
PS I do NOT consider the page to be credible, but this graphic appears to be convey the right orders of magnitude.
1) 10^3 dead in Sep 11 attacks 2) 10^6 dead in disproportionate and misdirected government response 3) 10^8 dead from hunger and people care less about this ongoing problem than the 9/11 debacle
I believe 9/11 was the second bloodiest day in American history, after Antietam of course. It was shocking and changed American politics, which is why it's a big deal. But I can see your point.
Every life is precious so lets not judge by numbers please. To say that 9/11 doesn't matter as much is going to far. You shouldn't be ridiculing what the cause is that people focus on but the very fact that these deaths keep happening. Its not one life versus another, it is all of them collectively. Don't criticize. Complaining never did anything. Make a change. Help.
I'm sorry if this comment comes off as rude in anyway, but 9/11 hits really close to home for me so I will say what I feel I need to. This picture, even if it is not your original creation, is insensitive and degrading in so many ways. It puts all those people who died in not only 9/11, but in ANY of those mentioned events as a mere statistic. Death, ALL death, is a tragic thing and should never be belittled by anyone like this does. I live near the area this all happened at. My dad was supposed to be at a meeting in the towers that morning, but were late because of traffic. My friends dad was supposed to be on one of those flights but got delayed since the plane was full. My other friends mom was at the pentagon when one of the other planes crashed there, but was thankfully in the other side of the building. These are not just numbers, these are people with families and loved ones and futures that could have been, or for many were, cut short. And I'm sorry but to say we are exaggerating its importance or impact on us is ignorant. Have you ever had a normal day when all of a sudden you look up and see smoke rising from a tower? Stood helplessly as you tried to find out what was happening through the fear and worry gnawing at your gut? Seen dozens of people give up hope of escape and jump from the towers, plummeting to their death? Watched in horrified terror as the second plane turned and knowing it is also going to crash but unable to stop it? Head the screams of people around you as they watched, but then it get drowned out by the explosion of the crash? Felt the panic of realizing this was an attack and not knowing by who or what would be targeted next? Witnessed the two towers that had always stood so strong collapse in on themselves and the surrounding buildings? Waited for hours to find out if your loved ones are alive or buried under the rubble? It isn't something you can ever forget, or not be effected by. And that's only the experience of a witness. There were many more horrendous memories for those who were in the towers, those who fought to save others, those who went back in to get others out, and those who had to search through the rubble for survivors, only to find body after lifeless body. So in the future, please be more considerate to the lives that were lost, not just as a number in a statistic, and think about those who are still deeply affected by what happened.
| Death, ALL death, is a tragic thing and should never be belittled by anyone like this does
So.. if I point out that 1 million deaths shouldn't be treated as less significant just because they didn't come at the hands of a terrorist, this pisses you off?
Your post is filled with emotions, my criticism is filled with fact.
No, YOU point out that with the 1 million deaths that weren't by the hands of terrorists in the picture, "9/11 is no big deal in comparison". What I'm saying is that all death is horrible. Yes, it's sad that not as many people seem to care about death from other issues. But you belittle the 9/11 attacks saying that it is not such a big thing and say that the other issues are tragic while the lives lost in 9/11 don't matter. No, your criticism is not fact. Your criticism is derogatory, egotistical opinions. You say the 1 million deaths shouldn't be treated as less significant, but also say that the 9/11 deaths are less significant. And yes, my post is filled with emotions. after reading it anyone should see why. This issue is very close to me and I won't stand for people saying the lives lost that day are "no big deal". And just because I speak with emotion does not mean I don't speak with fact. And what is this "fact" of which you speak anyway? Your only fact is that a number of people died. That's it. I'm not denying that people died. I'm saying it's wrong to say that since more people died in this, that is no big deal. Every death is a big deal, and people should not say that one death is less significant that another. We both are speaking our own opinions of the issue of the 9/11 attacks. I can accept this. My only request is that you not blast your opinion in such a disrespectful way on the very day that the attacks took place.
| Your criticism is derogatory, egotistical opinions.
Yeah, if one life of a 911 victim is worth a hundred thousand lives of those dying from hunger.
| And just because I speak with emotion does not mean I don't speak with fact
So what are your facts? That every life is precious? Sure, that plays right into my point. EVERY life is precious, not just those of 9/11 victims like America would lead you to believe.
| My only request is that you not blast your opinion in such a disrespectful way on the very day that the attacks took place.
The more the better.
And I'm sorry but to say we are exaggerating its importance or impact on us is ignorant. Have you ever had a normal day when all of a sudden you look up and see smoke rising from a tower? Stood helplessly as you tried to find out what was happening through the fear and worry gnawing at your gut? Seen dozens of people give up hope of escape and jump from the towers, plummeting to their death? Watched in horrified terror as the second plane turned and knowing it is also going to crash but unable to stop it? Head the screams of people around you as they watched, but then it get drowned out by the explosion of the crash? Felt the panic of realizing this was an attack and not knowing by who or what would be targeted next? Witnessed the two towers that had always stood so strong collapse in on themselves and the surrounding buildings? Waited for hours to find out if your loved ones are alive or buried under the rubble? It isn't something you can ever forget, or not be effected by. And that's only the experience of a witness. There were many more horrendous memories for those who were in the towers, those who fought to save others, those who went back in to get others out, and those who had to search through the rubble for survivors, only to find body after lifeless body.
So in the future, please be more considerate to the lives that were lost, not just as a number in a statistic, and think about those who are still deeply affected by what happened.
So.. if I point out that 1 million deaths shouldn't be treated as less significant just because they didn't come at the hands of a terrorist, this pisses you off?
Your post is filled with emotions, my criticism is filled with fact.
Yeah, if one life of a 911 victim is worth a hundred thousand lives of those dying from hunger.
| And just because I speak with emotion does not mean I don't speak with fact
So what are your facts? That every life is precious? Sure, that plays right into my point. EVERY life is precious, not just those of 9/11 victims like America would lead you to believe.
| My only request is that you not blast your opinion in such a disrespectful way on the very day that the attacks took place.
Denied.