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Boris Gimbarzevsky (borisg@unixg.ubc.ca) writes:
> ar231@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Karen Gordon) being unable to express herself 
> needs to print someone elses lies.  Presumably she is using the symbolism 
> of 6/12/95 for her own twisted ends somewhat as Stalin Rock used the OKC 
> bombing to stress the need for C-68.  What is most appalling about this 
> post is the statement:

Hey, man, chill out. Who pissed in your Wheaties this morning?

>>This was the worst civilian massacre in Canadian history: 14 dead and 13
>>seriously injured.
> 
> I was under the impression that the worst civilian massacre in Canadian 
> history occurred when an explosive laden freighter exploded in Halifax 
> harbor during WW I killing on the order of 1000 people. 

No. A massacre is a conscious act of one or more people against other
individuals. The Halifax explosion was an accident, not a conscious act.

>   "The sharp increases (in homicides) in 1970 and 1972 were the result of 
>   two large mass slayings (a senior citizen's home and the Bluebird Cafe 
>   in the province of Quebec) by arson, and both of these unusual 
>   increases were responsible for the apparent decrease in the following 
>   years, 1971 and 1973."

Anybody know for sure how big these were?


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