--- Michael Atherton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I could always find similar statistics and references that > show the dangers of motor vehicles to drivers, passengers, > pedestrians, and small children, but no one is proposing that > we ban automobiles (although they probably should).
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