Comments on: Thunk? http://onefinejay.com/2003/12/09/thunk Aesthetics, Photography, Culture and Life Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:21:02 +0000 hourly 1 By: Eric Scheie http://onefinejay.com/2003/12/09/thunk/comment-page-1#comment-256 Eric Scheie Tue, 09 Dec 2003 18:38:03 +0000 http://onefinejay.com/2003/12/09/thunk/#comment-256 You're right, but it's worse than that, actually. Most people these days think it is a <a href="http://www.casinoselfdefense.com/Articles/art_04-23-99.htm">Klingon expression from Star Trek</a>! Of course it is an ancient expression, and really common sense, but Stalin was quite fond of it, as he was of the more familiar "One man dead is a tragedy; a million men dead is a statistic." Stalin also did a better job of putting it into practice than most people. Thank you very kindly for the link! You’re right, but it’s worse than that, actually. Most people these days think it is a Klingon expression from Star Trek! Of course it is an ancient expression, and really common sense, but Stalin was quite fond of it, as he was of the more familiar “One man dead is a tragedy; a million men dead is a statistic.”

Stalin also did a better job of putting it into practice than most people.

Thank you very kindly for the link!

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