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I don't see how you can compare extremely theatrical deaths caused by malice to more prosaic deaths caused by negligence or medical problems. It's not as if people are just as dead regardless of how they died.

Plus, killing sprees are responsible for practically two dozen deaths per year. I'm sure it's easier to prevent them than it is to avert two dozen people from taking up smoking or to get them to wear seatbelts.

Some deaths are simply more upsetting than others, and your data really put a damper on our contest to see who can be saddest about this.