tony126

What gives with media obsession of keeping score of soldiers dying in action. If this is meant to shock people then why don't they have a monthly count of people killed on US roads.

elfman

What's the matter? Do think it should be hidden from the public? Do think we don't have the right to know? What are you afraid of?

http://icasualties.org/oif/

Brit'n'TX

new avatar for you ...

tony126

No not all. All life is precious so why not emphasise the other deaths each month, be it road drugs etc etc. Or do you want to hear only what you want to hear?

elfman

This information needs to be in the public domain so that the public can hold their elected leaders accountable - if they know the full human cost they might in the future think twice about blindly supporting unnecessary and counterproductive conflicts.

Yes deaths due to drugs and road accidents are tragic, and this information is also in the public domain, but how many of those deaths are a direct result of a single decision taken in the White House?

ScyLarc

In my area they do have a monthly count of the number of people who die on the roads. Signs are put up on the roads outside Police Stations and Fire Stations listing the number of people who have died so far this year. For road deaths they also list whether alcohol was involved, so they do keep lists and publish them. I have also seen crosses placed on road sides with names and dates listed in remembrance of road death victims. It's very sobering to drive past a spot and see 5 crosses all with the same name engraved on them.

tony126

I am not into the rights of conflicts. My point was the necessity to keep score every day. Why not do the rest nationally 'everyday'. Don't concentrate on one area of fatalities do the lot. Figures are very sobering and should make us think but as I said do not pick and choose to suit the situation.