To: extropians@extropy.com Copies to: extropians@extropy.org, hibbert@netcom.com Subject: Re: Property Rights, Guns From: hibbert@netcom.com Date sent: Tue, 25 May 1999 09:48:32 -0700 Send reply to: extropians@extropy.com
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> From: "Joe E. Dees" <joedees@bellsouth.net>
> >But not compared to the massacres which are now routinely
> >perpetrated in our schools by those to whom we look to carry the
> >future.
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> I'm sorry, but "routinely" is not even close to true. The act is so
> unusual, that every single incident, even the ones that are stopped without
> bloodshed are reported nationally so thoroughly that the names of the towns
> where they happened are recognizable to 80% of the news-following public
> months later.
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> Remember, when you see stories in the news, it means the events are
> unusual. If it happens all the time, the media stop telling us about it.
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The frequency has accelerated to such a degree recently that
parents are nervously counting the days until school lets out.
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> Chris
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