Re: And how did you celebrate 1 May?

Karl Johanson <karljohanson@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
>> Karl Johanson <karljohanson@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>> How many million has the US government killed since the revolution?

>> Excluding enemy soldiers and sailors, I believe it's still working
>> on its first million.

> How do you count them?  Prisoner executions?  What about civilian
> casualties from the Civil War, 'Indian wars', the invasion of
> Canada, the CIA participation in the overthrow of the Iranian
> government & the US government's support for the Shaw, from the
> invasion of Iraq, etc?

Yes, all of that, whether done by the federal government or the state
governments.  I do not count Indians who died of disease, who were
killed by people not working on behalf of any government, or, of
course, who were killed before the American Revolution.  I'm pretty
sure the total is still under one million, though it may be getting
close.  (I hear executions are expected to resume tomorrow, after
about eight months without any.)

> Anything else?

Civilian WWII casualties in Germany and Japan due to US military
action are among the biggest categories, I would think.  About a tenth
of a million for each nuclear bomb dropped on Japan.  I'm surprised
you would mention the invasion of Canada and not mention the nukes.
How many civilians were killed when Toronto was burned, anyway?

(Spelling nitpick:  Your ISP never ruled Iran, the "Shah" -- with
an "h" -- did.)
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