", 23 February 2014 (UTC)
He explicitly states that it should be taken with a grain of salt.  He states (in the succeeding paragraph to his quote), ""However, as this was a rough estimate that I gathered from people fleeing the scene, it should not be discussed within academic circles.""  I guess we should just agree to disagree about this, as I think it's pointless trying to belabor a single point (By your logic, we would have to include Frank Capra as well, I personally think that we should remove both of them, if you don't mind).  I agree with you in that some of these estimates were indeed rough; however the estimates made that referenced burial records and actual field surveys should be taken, as Bob Wakabayashi says, superlative to other estimates, particularly those referencing ""contemporary eyewitnesses.""   08:54"