[lbo-talk] A tale of two cities

[Matt]

On Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 11:26:56PM +0530, Sujeet Bhatt wrote:
> London bombings 7/7/2005:
> 
> Posts on on LBO talk on first three days (7/7 to 7/9): 26
> Number of posters: 23
> Death toll: 52
> 
> 
> Mumbai bombings 7/11/2006:
> Posts on on LBO talk on first three days (7/11 to 7/13): 3
> Number of posters: 1
> Death toll: at least 200
> 
> Thought this was an interesting statistic.

I gave up trying to discuss this with people (IRL) after explaining that
this was the city they used to know as Bombay and tiring of explaining
the name change.

Had the US done the bombing, it would be an appropriate topic in the
US, as most USers could then find it on a map...

Matt

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