Exactly so. It seems there isn't an overwhelming flood of safety seeking migrants wanting to move to Canada from the U.S. Perhaps because they realize they can have their guns and safety too by living in small towns in ME, NH, VT, ND, MN, MI or a host of other places (and the delights of Canadian winters for the places mentioned if that is their wish).
But that isn't the issue at all for Mr. Lambert. He is an advocate of a point of view using the trappings of science. But science is about objective truth (as objective as possible given the nature of observers). To argue against a statement you know to be true might be attractive for a lawyer in Court, but is dishonest in science. Scientific ethics would oblige the correction to be given. Even suppressing data that supports a scientific observation under dispute would be dishonest. Nor is it honest for a scientist to assert that his distortions are justified by distortions given by others. Telling the truth as you understand it is the first obligation for a scientist. Mr. Lambert isn't a scientist, he is an advocate of a point of view that guns are bad and he is making every effort to discredit those providing the opposite point of view. Unfortunately for Mr. Lambert, the position he takes isn't supported by science. Phil > Isn't the issue, not whether we should prefer to live in Canada, but whether > gun control reduces violence. eh? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tim Lambert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Guy Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2004 10:28 PM > Subject: Re: Mauser calls a decrease a "horrifying increase" > > > > I think a sane person would prefer lower violent crime rates (Canada) > > to higher violent crime rates (US), even the rates are falling faster > > in the US. > > > > > > -- > > Tim > > _______________________________________________ > > To post, send message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see > http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/firearmsregprof > > _______________________________________________ > To post, send message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/firearmsregprof > > -- The Art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike at him as hard as you can and as often as you can, and keep moving on. -- Ulysses S. Grant _______________________________________________ To post, send message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/firearmsregprof
