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In article <43snoi$pok@news.nevada.edu>, JOHN AMSLER <amsler@nevada.edu> wrote:
>John Fereira (fereira@isis.com) wrote:
>: In article <43lsru$44d@aadt.sdt.com> leb@sdt.com writes:
>: >fereira@isis.com (John Fereira) wrote:
>: >>Stop looking for "solutions" to the dating problem.
>: >>Just get out and meet people.
>: >
>: >I think that's a little easier said than done, in this age
>: >of possible psycopaths around every corner (real or imagined).
>
>: I never said it was easy.  Possible psychopaths around every corner?
>: Isn't that a bit paranoid?  
>
>[snip]
>
>Paranoid?  Hmmm.  You might want to ask the victims of Charles Manson,
>Richard Speck, Albert deSalvo, Jeffrey Dahmer, Henry Lee Lucas & Ottis
>Toole, or Gerald Gallego.  Unfortunately, you can't ... because they're
>all dead, viciously murdered not by ghosts or imaginary goblins, but by
>*real* psychopaths!  (Here's an idea:  Polly Klaas's parents are still
>around;  why don't you ask *them* about "paranoia" and "psychopaths?"  I'm
>sure they would have a unique perspective on the subject at which you seem

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>(No personal offense is intended, of course, I'm merely responding to the
> "Isn't that a bit paranoid?" crack.)

Yeah yeah, sure, at least *you* think you're intelligent.

Lessee.  How many people in this country?  Last I heard it was
about 220 MILLION.  Now, the above people killed, say, what 100
people?  Umm, you think you're intelligent.  YOU do the math.
Don't forget to divide by two for males vs. females, then divide
by appropriate amounts for people too young to date (i.e.,
children).

You're paranoid.  I am so *sick* of people who run around saying
"bicycling is too dangerous, I might get hit!"  Gee, not if you
ride safely, and not if you ride with your brains in gear.  Or,
"I'm not going to fly in a plane, it might crash!"  Uh huh.  The
odds are less than being struck by lightning.

Get a life.

The *point* is to choose activities where one is more likely
to meet people one might be *interested* in.
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