"One death is a tragedy; a million is a statistic"?

Question

what are your thoughts on this quote
explain what it means to you

Answer 1

It was Stalin that said it, and his meaning was as follows.
What was meant is that human beings can relate to the individual for they themselves are individuals which have like goals, dreams, and Passions. But "a million people" is impersonal and not easy to relate to. For to think of an individual, one thinks my mother, my brother, my wife. But a million is just an impersonal number, as impersonal and undeserving of sympathy as a statistic.
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Answer 2

Hi Jessica. The death of one person we can relate to, we can comprehend it. The death of a million people is truly incomprehensible, thus it becomes merely 'a statistic' rather than a meaningful reality.

Answer 3

I think it is true. When one person dies we see it as a horrible, terrible event (see princess di, the newest child murder in america, etc), but when you see the horrific deaths through civil war in Africa or the war in the middle east, no one even cares.

The truth is that if you can put a face to a tragedy, people will listen. If it is just a bunch of people, no one really cares about it.

Answer 4

We can imagine what it is like to be that one person who died, but how do we keep a vast amry of death personal? Grieving is easier when you have a face and a story to grieve over. When we try to contemplate a million deaths, it's overwhelming and while we know that a million deaths is horrifying, it's too hard to absorb.

Answer 5

that is the trueth on how the world views things

Answer 6

cliche-ick tripe

Answer 7

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