Since we’ve recently learned that the value of a lost life is inversely proportional to the population of the country, we need a way to concisely and conveniently discuss tragedies and their relative values. Using 9/11 as the defining constant, we define one (1) Bush as the death of 3000/285,000,000 ≈ 0.00105% of a nation’s population. Perhaps easier to remember, 1 kB (kiloBush) is approximately equal to the death of 1% of the population.
Some examples for reference:
- 9/11 is 1 Bush (of course)
- total annihilation of a countries population is 100 kiloBushes (the largest value possible under relativistic models)
- 1 man in Vatican City choking to death on a hotdog is approx. 124 Bushes.
These changes will be voted on in the 2024 General Conference on Weights and Measures and are expected to pass unanimously.
Okay, the February 28 incident was in the ballpark of 250-400 Bushes, while Tiananmen Square was between ~20milliBushes (official figures) and ~85milliBushes (high end of Amnesty International’s estimate).
So apparently Feb 28 was the equivalent national tragedy to massacring ~3-4.7 million people in China in 1989, whereas Tiananmen was equivalent to killing 1.5-6.5 people in 1947 Taiwan.
Incredible moral framework, no notes.