Little Green Footballs

Friday, January 12, 2007

The figures that speak for themselves



But if you wanted to know these figures you'd be hard pressed to find them on LGF. You're more likely to find mocking posts about Muslim swimming costumes.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

This graph is misleading. It shows Palestinain deaths vs Civilian deaths, and not Palestinian Civilian deaths vs Isralie Civilian deaths, but we get the idea none the less.

Thanks for letting me comment anonymously.

Anonymous said...

And the idea is? That a weaker force suffers more casualties when confronting a much stronger force? Well...ya. I find it hard to believe that you would actually feel better if the death count was equivalent on both sides, as if that would make it more tolerable.

Anonymous said...

On the "Suicide Bombongs" chart it appears Israel's wall is doing it's job.

Anonymous said...

Further misleading is that it shows "Palestinian deaths killed by israeli military and civilians, and given all the in-fighting between fatah and hamas, its no wonder that the toll is so high. A less disengenous graph would show only civilian deaths by Israeli military, not all deaths by anyone.

Anonymous said...

The chart shows Palestinians killed by Israelis - both IDF and civilian, not by IDF and inter-Palestinian violence. It's as balanced a comparison as you'll get, given that there's no distinction (military or civilian) made amongst the Palestinans who killed Israelis.

The Israeli wall may well reduce the number of succesful suicide bombing attempts, but most critics of the wall are concerned with its location (ie: primarily outside Israeli territory). Israel could have put the wall on its own territory and few would have taken issue with them

Anonymous said...

Context, context. Shame on you for not supplying context.