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Subject: 
Re: Art Debate Was: [Re: Swearing?]
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Date: 
Tue, 11 Jan 2000 18:52:25 GMT
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Scott E. Sanburn <ssanburn@cleanweb.net> wrote:
Well, I was just showing that people get shot in many ways. I don't
think I know of anyone ever getting shot, in my family, friends,
co-workers, etc. It's not like you hear gunshots every where you go or
something.

Depends where you live in the US! Where I lived in Elkhart, Indiana [1] as a
child, it was fairly routine to hear gunshots. Not in the "nicer" parts of
town, or in the suburban areas, of course, but certainly where I was. I
remember finding a sawed-off shotgun in the bushes by my middle school.





but I know what I know from what I read, from what I observe, and how I
behave, and what I believe in. If your indication is that I need to know
more, simply because you think you are the world expert on everything
(Your tone indicates this, BTW), you are wrong sir, and I would rather

I don't think his tone indicates this _at all_. It sounded to me that his
implication was that everyone, including himself, could stand to know more.




[1] A small industrial Midwestern city -- 50,000 people.

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(...) Using a country in the middle of ethnic cleansing as a comparison is hardly flattering. You can get shot in any country, but it's more likely to happen if you live in the US than say the UK. (...) I find it easy to believe, however I would (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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