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(...) A coworker once penned a letter of explanation to a client whose account had suffered an error in processing. My coworker wrote thus: "I apologize for any incontinence this may have caused you." Dave! (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Oh! (...) No that was my mistake. Narf. :-) (...) -Mike Petrucelli (semi-spilling-illiterate, not really ashamed of it though.) P.S. 'Spelling' spelled 'spilling' is from a letter read in my 8th grade English class from the early 1800s written (...) (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) You need to establish that - over the course of this and other threads you have repeatedly refered to the 1776 date as if that was the extent of people throwing off their governemtn in this country, and I have on more than one occassion (and (...) (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) I think attempted suicide is illegal here in Canada. Suicide can't have the same type of law 'cause if you're successful, well then you're dead and can't be there for a trial. I've been around for 36ish years and I've talked with many (...) (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) And yet you still have not addressed the post linked above. Throughout history there has never been a democracy where the citizenry was unarmed. Even in Canada, Britian, and Austrailia you still have armed citizenries. Nixion left office, my (...) (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Okay, but help out a poor English major. I thought that 0.00004 is 0.004%, rather than .00004 percent, just as 0.86 is 86%. Am I wrong? I admit that it's entirely possible! Dave! (semi-math-illiterate, to my shame) (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) I deny the validity of that point--an armed citizenry was valid for preserving freedom in the 18th century against a king who wanted to take that freedom away, but for those of us living in a long running democracy, now in the 21st century, (...) (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Charge the cigarette companies to pay for the medical (who in turn charge the smokers, who thus pay for themselves). (...) All foods are bad for you, given enough research. Really, you have to ban overeating (but then again, the food is taxed, (...) (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) In some parts of the world, committing suicide, or trying to, is illegal. What do you think about that? I think there is a large difference between a sudden event, like a car accident, and a long term bad habit, like smoking or poor diet. (...) (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) And those that believe in dogma to the exclusion of rational thought are brain washed. Appealing to history to keep things the same as they were is not the same as learning from history in order to make oneself better. Saying you need guns in (...) (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Then ban cigarettes. Ban foods that are bad for you. Ban autos until they don't put toxics in the air. Shut down Stelco and Dofasco. To single out seatbelts because of what we have to pay in health care is hypocritical. And if i hurt/kill (...) (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Well using the stats from here: (URL) 11,071 divided by 275,264,999 equals 4.0219425E-5 or 0.000040219425 (...) 1,100 divided by 275,264,999 equals 3.9961492E-6 or 0.0000039961492 And for the record, I trust that 0.000004 percent of the (...) (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) I belive the actuall number you wanted was 11,071. The other 16,586 are suicides. So you are slightly more likely to commit suicide with a gun than get shot by one. Regardless suicides only affect those that pull the trigger much like the (...) (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) In some parts of the world, the compensation for people severly injured in car accidents, are paid by the social security or the insurance industry, or a combination. In these cases, it is hardly fair to the community that they have to pay for (...) (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Koudys wrote: Massive ka-snip! (...) Those that don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it. -->Bruce<-- (but then again, those that don't adapt to changing conditions are destined for extinction) :-) (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) If I'm reading your statistics right, then I think the actual figure is 0.004 percent. I selected only homicide-related firearm deaths, yielding a total of 10,801, which represents 0.0039 percent. If my calculation is wrong, someone please (...) (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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After a long absense, she finally got around to posting a few more articles. (and I couldn't be happier) (URL) for the faint of heart--language is on par with AA movies. If you're really in a particular jaunty mood, see what she said in her latest (...) (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I've never liked seat belt laws. It is fundamentally, a persona choice whether to buckle up or not. I say "Darwin, go to it!"--I'll wear my seatbelt because I want to, not because some law makes me. ANd od someone doesn't buckle up, that's (...) (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) 25,000 violent deaths per year due to firearms is not a 'rampant problem'? 68 deaths a day 3 per hour. In the time it took us to write back and forth, say 3 hours, 9 people have died. 9 people whos violent "non accidental" deaths could have (...) (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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Now here is a really good article: (URL) of posting it refers to the September 10th article titled "Click it or Ticket" will likely soon be moved to here: (URL) Petrucelli (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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