[Purrybonker]

That is cute – congrats on a making a pretty slick construct. You juxtapose the loss of life in a “frivolous” endeavor (ie cycling) with the loss of life in an “honorable” endeavor (ie operation Iraqi obliteration – or wtf it’s called) – or more precisely; you attempt to use our complacence with the frivolous loss of life as a vehicle to advance the argument for the honorable loss of life. I guess, to paraphrase you are saying:

“We don’t care that thousands of Americans are killed riding their bikes, thereby relatively speaking we should care even less that thousands are killed trying to advance Iraqi freedom because they are certainly dying for something more important than bike riding.”

Interesting construct – but a pretty specious argument. Using this tactic you actually devalue the loss of life – not advance the soundness of a sacrifice, which is what you really hoped to accomplish.