RE: [RollTideFan] Fw: Info you should know

[Tim Boozer]

I agree with your sentiments Rusty, which is why I'm not too crazy about this analogy. I would not say that anyone has "casually dismissed" the the sacrifice these soldiers and their families have made to protect the safety of our nation.   The facts do remain though that rate of Americans who die due to gunshot wounds in Washington, DC is greater than the rate in Iraq. It puts it in perspective, but does not excuse the deaths in Iraq or Washington or anywhere else. One innocent life is too many, but we have to be realistic about the world we live in and the reality that the process of making it a safer world does not come without a price.   I may be wrong, but I cannot remember a single time in the history of the world that two democracies have gone to war. Maybe so, but nothing comes to mind right now. The spread of democracy is vital to the future of peace throughout the world. I have the utmost respect for all soldiers who fight to maintain our freedom and the utmost disdain for those who work to undermine that fight.     -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Rusty Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2005 9:52 AM To: 'RollTideFan - University of Alabama Athletics Discussion List' Subject: RE: [RollTideFan] Fw: Info you should know Wow...   I think my favorite part is how you casually dismiss the death of nearly 1400 brave American soldiers so you can make a knee-jerk reaction to a serious argument.   Wow.   Rusty - who remembers *all* the service members who have paid the ultimate sacrifice, politics be damned. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joe Goodson Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2005 8:09 PM To: Roll Tide Fan Subject: [RollTideFan] Fw: Info you should know   The problems that exist in the world today cannot be solved by the level of thinking that created them. Albert Einstein ----- Original Message ----- From: Buddy & Delayne Pitman To: anita givens ; Celeste Conner ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; Danny Givens ; David Brady ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; Douglas V. Johnson II ; Earl Gray Pitman, III ; Eddie Dodd ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; Joe Goodson ; Mike Harris ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; Nancy & Ed Miller ; Nancy Miller ; Pamela Brown ; Robert Thompson ; Roy Riley ; Roy Strickland ; Tina Goodson ; willbro3 ; Woody Watters Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2005 6:05 PM Subject: Info you should know    GUN FACTS     According to casualties.org , there have been 88 hostile fire deaths caused by firearms since the beginning of hostilities in Iraq. The remainder of coalition deaths have been due to explosives or accidents.         What does this mean? If you consider that there have been an     average of 160,000 troops in theater during the last 22 months, that     gives a firearm death rate of 60 per 100,000. The rate in DC is 80.6 per 100,000. That means that you are more likely to be shot and killed in our Nation's Capitol, which has some of the strictest gun control laws in the nation, than you are in Iraq.         The conclusion? Under the tactics of the left, we should immediately pull out of WASHINGTON, DC.

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