Скромность
For example, over a 25-year period — 1969 through 1994 — some 3,000 people were killed in Northern Ireland for an average of 120 deaths per year in a population of 1.5 million. For that same period, there were approximately 291 murders per year committed in Washington, D.C. in an average population of 642,000. The former situation is widely recognized as war, while the latter is not. The difference is a matter of organization. The perpetrators, victims, and targets of the violence in Northern Ireland reflect distinct political groups engaged in a power struggle. The violent death rate in Washington, D.C., roughly five times higher, seems to reflect random violence — a sign of social dysfunction rather than of some purposeful group movement toward any political goal.