Life
Both words in one sentence
- For them, even one death is a statistic."A single life is irrelevant." More Dakka: Several examples, but the Harkonnen quad-barreled gun towers stand out.
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And it's precisely because A Million Is a Statistic that using this trope can be risky; the flippant treatment of human life and lack of "anchoring" individuals can alienate audiences.
Source: Industrialized Evil - The statistic is quoted by Gene Hunt in Life On Mars when Sam Tyler snaps that 5% of the people in jail are innocent and he retorts that that's a better success rate than most rubber johnnies.
Source: But We Used a Condom
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