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* [[2001-09-11 attacks]]: approximately 2700 lives lost | * [[2001-09-11 attacks]]: approximately 2700 lives lost | ||
* 1956+: [[wikipedia:Minamata disease|Minamata disease]] | * 1956+: [[wikipedia:Minamata disease|Minamata disease]] | ||
| − | * 1945-08-06 [[wikipedia:Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki|Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki]]: approximately 200,000 | + | * 1945-08-06 [[wikipedia:Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki|Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki]]: approximately 200,000 killed in the (so far) only uses of nuclear weapons against humans |
| + | * 1941-1943~ [[wikipedia:The Holocaust|The Holocaust]]: over 9,000,000 killed | ||
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| + | * [http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/warstat5.htm The Lesser Unpleasantries of the Twentieth Century]: wars and mass killings costing fewer lives than the American loss in [[Vietnam War|Vietnam]] (58,135), but more that the number of murders in America in 1995 (21,597): | ||
Revision as of 22:55, 4 July 2007
Overview
An atrocity is (tentatively) defined as any act satisfying all of the following conditions:
- great harm is committed to many people
- relatively few people benefit from the act
- those who committed the act are among those who committed it
- those who committed the act did so knowing that it was causing harm
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List of Atrocities
- 2001-09-11 attacks: approximately 2700 lives lost
- 1956+: Minamata disease
- 1945-08-06 Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki: approximately 200,000 killed in the (so far) only uses of nuclear weapons against humans
- 1941-1943~ The Holocaust: over 9,000,000 killed
Links
- The Lesser Unpleasantries of the Twentieth Century: wars and mass killings costing fewer lives than the American loss in Vietnam (58,135), but more that the number of murders in America in 1995 (21,597):