Well, you need to put the numbers in perspective. In 1789 the population of Paris was around 600-700k. So in relative terms, an amount of people that is equivalent to 6%ish of Paris got executed, and in total a fifth of the equivalent of Paris died. Seems pretty bad to me. Also, all this happened in 3 short years.<p>Besides, they&#x27;re both just really horrific. &quot;40k is nothing&quot; is not quite the right attitude here.