| Other wars we should fight.
In 2001 approximately 3,000 Americans were killed, in a very short amount of time by a small group of determined individuals. By destroying the World Trade Center and attempting to destroy the pentagon, 19 terrorists threw our nation in a frenzy of reflexive response. This was a brutal attack on America, but as you may know it was not the only way Americans were dying that year. If we're going to fight a war against terror, we should consider some other killers out there that have had a huge impact on our nation, our economy and our morale.
The following are statistics of the number of deaths, by cause, from the CDC for the year 2001.
Septicimia - 32,238
Viral Hepatitus - 5,585
HIV - 14,175
Malignant Neoplasms (All Cancers) - 553,768*
Anemias - 4,627
Malnutrition - 3,454
Influenza & Pneumonia - 62,034
Asthma - 4,268
Peptic Ulcers - 4,491
Alcoholic Liver Disease - 12,207
Motor Vehilce Accidents - 43,788
Falls - 15,019
Accidental Drowning - 3,281
Accidental Smoke Exposure - 3,300
Accidental Poisoning - 14,078
Suicide - 30,622
Homicide - 20,308
Medical Complications - 3,021
*Of all cancer groups listed, only deaths from Hodgkin's Disease fell below the 3,000 threshold.
For a complete downer, download the full PDF from the CDC
revised 01/18/2005
This additional comment came by way of internet from Raul Setshen, I think it bears reading:
Afghanistan also produces alot of drugs now, so if you combine the opiate
deaths from last year with those that resulted from terrorist attacks, with
those that occured when a negro junkie stabbed a pregnant white woman with
his Afghanistani opium needle that was infected with South African AIDS, and
then add in all of the people who died in line at airports because they
couldnt take their insulin because the baggage claim was locked down for 7
hours while police investigated a chocolate grenade in the Legend Of Zelda
backpack of an eight year old Floridian, and then mix in (just for shits n'
giggles) those deaths that occured when someone comitted copycat acts of
terrorism (like the teenager that flew his Cessna single engine plane into a
Tampa skyscraper killing only himself): then you will come to the obvious
conclusion that we should also attack those Yankee bastards and re-fight the
revolutionary war because the Queen of England has yellow teeth. Jesus is
coming look busy.
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