Re: Bad Trend in War

From: phoenix@ugcs.caltech.edu
Date: Sat Jun 24 2000 - 00:01:25 MDT


Damien Broderick <d.broderick@english.unimelb.edu.au> wrote:

> >The chart: http://abcnews.go.com/media/world/images/peacechart_990531_t.gif
> >in
> http://abcnews.go.com/sections/science/DailyNews/peace_warbiology990602.html
> >shows a bad long term trend. I sure hope it has changed lately.
>
> I can't access the article, but surely the massive 20th century increase in

If you get a 404, try reloading. I suspect there are multiple servers, and
one is down.

> proportion of people reaching maturity, or at least getting past infancy,
> as a result of hygiene, medical improvements, etc, makes this graph
> meaningless?

Not to mention fewer soldiers dying of disease, allowing for more deaths in
combat.

-xx- Damien X-)



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