The old colonials were pretty good at issuing their own numbers but was anyone on the other side coming up with how many dead or MIA they had? I doubt anyone bothered to do accurate head counts of the vanquished.Laan Yaa Mo wrote: ↑January 11, 2022, 9:01 amAre you sure? The British and Germans were pretty good at keeping track of numbers. I'm not so sure about the French, Spanish, Belgians, Dutch, Portuguese, Japanese, the Ottomans and the U.S.tamada wrote: ↑January 11, 2022, 7:25 amMostly because nobody was keeping count back in the good old days. This modern affectation of having a statistic for everything is a real worry.Laan Yaa Mo wrote: ↑January 11, 2022, 5:17 amThe number of people dead owing to black-on-black violence in the U.S.A. probably outnumbers those killed in colonial wars.
"How many Corporal?"
"Don't really know sir. Looks like maybe a thousand sir? Maybe more sir?"
"Righty ho, two thousand then?"
"Yes sir."
BTW, I am agreeing that modern-day black-on-black violence numbers in the U.S. probably exceed those of the historical, colonial wars. It's less about the numbers and more about why that situation prevails.