[ZION] Figure the Odds
This morning, the chief of police of Montgomery Alabama signed out a warrant for the two snipers. They passed through here in Sept and shot two women working at a state liquor store, killing one of them. A police officer who chased them got a great look at Mohammed, and immediately picked him out of a lineup. The young man's fingerprint has been found on a magazine they left behind. They will be charged with capitol murder, and the city will seek the death penalty for both. It may be that we have the stronger evidence against these guys, and being they hit here first and we've charged them first with a capitol crime, we may actually get to prosecute them (and hang 'em) before anyone else does. Down here, we can declare a 17 year old an adult, so the kid isn't getting away on this one. K'aya K'ama, Gerald/gary Smithgszion1 @juno.comhttp://www .geocities.com/rameumptom/index.html "No one is as hopelessly enslaved as the person who thinks he's free." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com / /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// / ==^ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^
Re: [ZION] Figure the Odds
By the time everyone reads this you'll already know that arrests have been made in the Washington sniper case. Let's hope they've got 'em. -- Marc A. Schindler Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada -- Gateway to the Boreal Parkland We do not think that there is an incompatibility between words and deeds; the worst thing is to rush into action before the consequences have been properly debated To think of the future and wait was merely another way of saying one was a coward; any idea of moderation was just an attempt to disguise ones unmanly character; ability to understand a question from all sides meant that one was totally unfitted for action. Pericles about his fellow-Athenians, as quoted by Thucydides in The Peloponessian Wars Note: This communication represents the informal personal views of the author solely; its contents do not necessarily reflect those of the authors employer, nor those of any organization with which the author may be associated. / /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// / ==^^=== This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^^===
Re: [ZION] Figure the Odds
Here's something else meant to comfort. I sure hope we know what we're doing ;-) But consider this: an election which was considered fair by external observers was just held in a very volatile region, the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, which is the only Indian state where Moslems predominate, and which Pakistan claims (Pakistan already controls part of Kashmir, and 3 or 4 relatively contained wars have been fought over the area, fortunately mostly up in the glaciers). However, Islamist extremist infiltrators from Pakistan threatened candidates and voters, and 800 people were killed in the course of the election campaign. And yet 44% of eligible voters turned out to vote (and that despite a boycott by one of the smaller, separatist parties). So it could be a lot worse. Stephen Beecroft wrote: > -John- > > Figure the odds. Only a dozen or so have been killed out of > > population of over 14,000,000. You chance of being killed is > > about the same as a meteorite landing on your head. > > Well...not really. I believe there is only one known case of a meteor > striking a person -- and she survived. But hyperbole aside, your point > is well-taken. > > In this last two weeks or however long this lunatic has been murdering > people, how many in DC have been killed in drug transactions? How many > have died in automobile accidents? The fear of the masses, though > understandable, is based in what Marc would call "innumeracy". > > Stephen > > / > /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// > /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// > / > -- Marc A. Schindler Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada -- Gateway to the Boreal Parkland We do not think that there is an incompatibility between words and deeds; the worst thing is to rush into action before the consequences have been properly debated To think of the future and wait was merely another way of saying one was a coward; any idea of moderation was just an attempt to disguise ones unmanly character; ability to understand a question from all sides meant that one was totally unfitted for action. Pericles about his fellow-Athenians, as quoted by Thucydides in The Peloponessian Wars Note: This communication represents the informal personal views of the author solely; its contents do not necessarily reflect those of the authors employer, nor those of any organization with which the author may be associated. / /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// / ==^^=== This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^^===
RE: [ZION] Figure the Odds
-John- > Figure the odds. Only a dozen or so have been killed out of > population of over 14,000,000. You chance of being killed is > about the same as a meteorite landing on your head. Well...not really. I believe there is only one known case of a meteor striking a person -- and she survived. But hyperbole aside, your point is well-taken. In this last two weeks or however long this lunatic has been murdering people, how many in DC have been killed in drug transactions? How many have died in automobile accidents? The fear of the masses, though understandable, is based in what Marc would call "innumeracy". Stephen / /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// / ==^ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^
[ZION] Figure the Odds
At 05:18 PM, Wednesday, 10/23/02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What do you all think about the DC sniper? Anyone have any theories on it? I'm not sure what to think except that I'm just sick about it. My parents and one of my sisters live in the area...I grew up there...I'm just a WEE bit worried. On the other hand, I know about eternal families and that if anything ever happened, we are sealed as a family. But I'm still worried about them. My mom only does shopping now at a secure military base; she figures she's a lot safer there (side note: two weeks ago, on the day the shooting happened in Manassas, she was planning on doing some shopping there and a distinct impression came to her to not go, so she didn't. It was that afternoon that another shooting happened in the area where she would have been). My sister and her roommates only go out when necessary. When she buys gas, she starts pumping and then ducks (she lives in Fairfax). What do I do? Figure the odds. Only a dozen or so have been killed out of population of over 14,000,000. You chance of being killed is about the same as a meteorite landing on your head. A lot of media coverage doesn't change the numbers. It just scares people. / /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// / ==^ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^
