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New York sergeant, wife and two sons found dead in murder-suicide, police say
(www.theguardian.com)
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One family annihilation every five days! Horrific!
*since 2020.
If my cowboy math is correct (assuming two parents and two children), that comes out to about 292 people per year or 876 since 2020.
With a population the size of the United States (330 million), that means that, for a given year, 0.00009% (rounded up) of that population dies as a result of a family annihilation. For comparison, around 40,000 people (including around 1,000 children) die in vehicle accidents annually in the US.
Not that family annihilations aren't horrible. They are. But, from a purely statistical perspective, there are much more frequent horrible things that we don't talk about as much, for a variety of reasons.
This sounds like an argument for public transit
Vehicle accidents can occur for many reasons. None of which include violent assholes that kill children. I can understand that some vehicle accidents probably stem from road rage, but most do not.
This killing is from some dickless wonder that harmed kids that didn't even get a chance to grow up. He has no sympathy even within the numbers.
It sounds as if you are justifying the annihilation rather than opposing it. I don't want to think that is your intention. However, just because people die from one thing or anything more does not mean it has the same value. Statistically speaking of course.
I'm not sure I follow what point you're trying to make... I'm not sure anyone was claiming that it was a significant number per capita or whatever, just that it is a lot, period. And it is.