From: "John Beamish" 

Absolute numbers have probably gone up, but proportional numbers have gone down.

On Wed, 04 Apr 2007 10:50:35 -0400, Phil Payne
 wrote:

> "John Beamish"  wrote in message
> news:op.tp9jccqlm6tn4t{at}dellblack.phub.net.cable.rogers.com...
>> Came across an intereting piece that compared conflicts across the ages.
>> Turns out that, on a proportionate basis, we kill fewer and fewer people
>> in conflicts as time moves along.
>
> I find that hard to believe. We killed 50 million only 60 years ago.
>
>

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