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Originally Posted by powerclown
As for lives lost, what would you have me do here, in this forum? Shall I hold prayer services each and every time someone dies in Iraq due to the conflict? Should I post pictures of the event for proof? If the implication is that I don't place much importance upon innocent people dying in Iraq, I have to say you are mistaken.
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i can't quite place it, but the way i read these words really bothered me. the way you ask these questions rhetorically seems to imply a sarcastic no to each of them. but i'm troubled...why wouldn't it be proper to pray for the dead of a conflict our nation helped create? Why wouldn't it be right to memorialize those who have lost their lives for this war? Especially when we're talking about the civilian casualties of Iraq...and that part of the absurdity of this rhetorical question is that of course we all know it can't be done. There are too many deaths to make it pratical to remember or even record them all. And that's what i find truely staggering.
Being that this is the internet, i can't tell how you wanted those words read. but when i read them, i don't like them much. they seem to negate the final sentence there.