A guy I know was complaining about how some things are in the United States,
his buddy said "why don't you move to another country?" The first guy
answered "I would, but I'm worried about being subject to US foreign policy"
good one!
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Joshua Putnam" <josh@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 12:01 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Re: ( OM ) OT OT Mike Moore OT OT and guns
> andrew fildes wrote:
>
> > Americans really really don't seem to realise just how safe the rest of
> > the world is in comparison.
> >
> > Of course, it's not all to do with guns, but they don't help. Moore's
> > message delivered in an exaggerated and ironic fashion was that guns
> > don't kill people, merkins kill people. Rather frequently. Disagree if
> > you wish but use good data.
>
> One good indication that it's American culture in general, not our guns:
> the last time I looked, the U.S. rate of murders committed without
> weapons, e.g. just plain beating people to death unarmed, or throwing
> them off of buildings, was as high as the total murder rate in many
> countries. If you eliminated every murder committed with a weapon, our
> murder rate would still have been higher. Whatever its other faults, the
> NRA has one thing right -- people kill people.
>
> But that says very little about the murder rate in most American
> communities. It mainly reflects the extraordinary murder rates in our
> poor inner cities. To be blunt, most Americans don't live or work in
> those communities and don't particularly care about reducing the crime
> level in those communities as long as the crime can be largely confined
> to those communities. They won't usually say that openly, but it's
> undeniable when you follow the money and votes.
>
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