On Wednesday 19 February 2003 12:36 am, Zoki wrote: > Le 19/02/2003 05:20, � Collins � <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a �crit : > > <snip> > > > <quote> > > Received from [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > A. The number of physicians in the US is 700,000. > > B. Accidental deaths attributed to Physicians per year is 120,000. > > C. Accidental deaths per physician is 0.171. (US Dept. of Health & Human > > Services) > > > > Then think about this: > > A. The number of gun owners in the US is 80,000,000. > > B. The number of accidental gun deaths per year (all age groups) is > > 1,500. C. The number of accidental deaths per gun owner is .0000188. > > Statistically, doctors are approximately 9,000 times more dangerous than > > gun owners. > > > > FACT: NOT EVERYONE HAS A GUN, BUT ALMOST EVERYONE HAS AT LEAST ONE > > DOCTOR. > > <snip> > > > </quote > > *** I never know when you joke and when you're serious... Assure me, you > (she) was joking... right!? >
A little of both, I'm sure. It's a perfectly good joke to offer up supposed proof that your doctor is more likely to harm you than the average gun owner. On the other hand, a great many liberals would take the "number of accidental deaths per gun owner is .0000188" to be proof positive that something (more laws) needs to be done about gun owners. That part is absolutely serious. I'm not a gun owner, but I do support our constitutional right to own a gun which puts me on the you-know-what list for liberals. I also happen to believe that George Bush is one of the better presidents we've had in a long time, and I thank my lucky stars that we didn't wind up with Al Gore. Our constitution provides everyone the right to state a contrary oppinion. I also hold the UN to be an absolutely worthless waste(r) of time. Our constitution provides everyone the right to state a contrary oppinion on that, too. I find myself not overy impressed by the fact that several hundred thousand (out of a couple hundred million) Americans and a few million (out of billions) world wide don't like the idea of the looming war with Iraq. I'm not a war monger, but I can't swallow the conspiracy theory drivel that this is just a war to grab Arab oil. On the other hand, there is the conspiracy theory (this appears to have at least as much foundation in truth as the other) that one of the principal reasons for French and German sympathy with Sadaam Hussein is the fact that they have lucrative arms contracts with the Iraqui government I also find myself not overly impressed by the fact that many of the core constituents of the anti-war rallies are the usual socialist sympathizers who hate private ownership of property in general and any Republican (overseas translate as non-labour) elected official in specific. My sister-in-law is one of those people who came to internet surfing (Windows based, of course) late in life and who forwards to me immeasurable amounts of drivel along with a few pearls of wisdom / good jokes like this one. Enjoy, -- Collins Richey - Denver Area Athlon-XP gentoo 1.4_rc2 kde 3.1 _______________________________________________ General mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/general
