Thread: More Palestinians die fighting each other then in holy jihad against Israel
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Old 10-06-2005, 23:50 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Osiris
The two numbers are not comparable. You wouldn't say that because more Americans die from crime than from terrorism, terrorism is not bad. That is the relativistic fallacy--it doesn't have any geopolitical implications.
I don't see how they're not comparable. Militant groups kill x number of their fellow citizens and the Israelis kill y number. I think something can be derived from the fact that x>y.
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