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Originally Posted by yezhanquan
You know the old saying attributed to Stalin: one a tragedy, a million a statistic.
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that saying is meant to laugh at how STUPID people are
as in, when presented with actual facts and numbers, they would instead choose to go with their feelings instead
for example
pointing out that the number of palestinians killed by israel in past DECADE is smaller then what was killed by the king of jorden in a MONTH - is irrelevent when placed near pictures of children that were hurt by israeli attacks
people would feel more for pictures then for facts, even if they know that the facts indicate a much GREATER amount of suffering
people are just stupid that way
fortunately, while people are stupid, countries are led by people who understand the need to run on logic rather then emotions (most of the time)
and between interests, and emotions, countries tend to go with interests
hence, why no one "does anything" about the Goldstone report
people who actually READ it, and understand what it means IN CONTEXT, tend to disregard it (provided that its not in their interests to champion it)