Tag: terrorism
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9/11 terrorists didn’t envision 4.5 million deaths
September 11, 2001. Nearly 3,000 civilians died within hours. The images pierced the world’s mind. Skyscrapers collapsed. Firefighters wept. Families vanished. The shock gripped every screen. But the aftermath did far more damage. While the attacks lasted a single morning, the consequences reshaped the 21st century. What began as a terrorist assault became a political…
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The biggest hidden murderers – doctors
I live in a small town in Czechia where Soviet soldiers left two civilian persons dead during the invasion of Czechoslovakia. There is a memorial of them. There are also memorials of fallen soldiers of WW1 and the Austro-Prussian War. Yes, huge tragedies. However, such things happen and are, rather, an aberration. But what about…
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Preventable diseases vs. wars, mass shootings and terrorism
Given our prehistoric instincts, when a mass murder happens, it drives everyone’s attention. The Gaussian curve has deviations and one of the extremes of the extreme are people who go and shoot a lot of folks (tragic, but hardly preventable, and if preventable, then with high reasonable costs). Local wars (I really don’t mean a…