At 11:41 AM 10/29/02, Dan Minette wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > Three nursing teachers killed at our University Medical Center. The
gunman
> > makes four.
> >
> > And my first reaction when the police hold a news conference?
> >
> > Well, there goes Jeopardy.
> >
> > Not a very nice thought, but it must be becoming pandemic.
>
[snip]
One of the things that strikes me is how we single out certain deaths for
national/international concern. I remember driving by an auto accident a
few days after Princess Diana died. There was a car smashed under an 18
wheeler. I cannot imagine how people lived through it. IIRC, 4 people
died, but it barely made the local news. Yet, 4 people in Arizona is
enough to interrupt regular scheduled programming.
Because they were killed with guns, and all guns are E�V�I�L . . .
--Ronn! :)
I always knew that I would see the first man on the Moon.
I never dreamed that I would see the last.
--Dr. Jerry Pournelle
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