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Old 12-30-2004, 12:14 PM   #7 (permalink)
Cynthetiq
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Mankind is cruel by and large on its own.

Nature is even worse.

Once you keep the TV on and keep watching it's numbing and desensitizing. It's just a number that keeps on getting larger, but it's still just a number.
I posted this earlier...
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I'm having a hard time digesting the number as it grows.

I have a hard time seeing that number in my head...but something that helps me put things like this into perspective is a simplification...

Giants Stadium in Meadowlands, NJ has a seating capacity of 78,741.

Madison Square Garden seats about 20,000.

Go ahead, look at your local arena/concert hall, fill it with people to capacity and then imagine them all washed away in a moment. You may have to fill it several times if you have small venues in your town but it will help one really see what the climbing numbing number really is.
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