Oh. well.... nev-er-miiiind.
statistics: tools of the devil?
The body count from road accidents in developed economies is 390 times higher than the death toll in these countries from international terrorism, says a study appearing in a specialist journal, Injury Prevention. In 2001, as many people died every 26 days on American roads as died in the terrorist attacks of 9/11 ...
“Policymakers need to be aware of this when allocating resources to preventing these two avoidable causes of mortality,” [study authors said] say.
Ok—now we are to make no discernment between accidental deaths—a hazard of just plain being alive—and people intentionally setting out to kill us. So I think we oughta set up mountain lion dens in public parks—hey, everyone looooves those cuuuuute little kitties—and they won’t cull many at all. Takes care of the slow runners.
Let’s not worry about those pesky cancer / AIDS / diabetes things either, eh? Better yet! Every two [2] days more people die from heart disease that died on 9/11. I say yank the troops outa Iraq right freakin’ now—today—and set ‘em loose on MacDonalds and Carl’s Jr!!! Set the 3ID on the cheese factories and turn the hi tech squads of the 4ID loose on the cattle ranches and the pig farms!! We’ll send the Special Forces to take care of Mrs Sees and Hershey. [I’ll take ScharfenBerger underground with me]
Not to mention (... OK, I’ll mention anyway) the number of deaths from doctors’ errors, and the number from children drowning in swimming pools.
Obviously, the first priority is to outlaw swimming pools and doctors.
Posted by Mike Z on 12/01/05 at 10:50 AM
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