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Re:A teenage girl in South Sudan was auctioned off on Facebook by reasonablemann on Thursday November 22, 2018 @02:21PM (#18511935)
No reason to 'think' that, incidents involving a single person do tend to generate a stronger emotional response.

"The statistics of large-scale killing don't convey emotion"

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/11/09/6661503...

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Re:A teenage girl in South Sudan was auctioned off on Facebook by cortesoft on Thursday November 22, 2018 @03:18PM (#18512257)
The death of one person is a tragedy, the death of millions is a statistic.
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