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Re: Runner killed

#1325
From: Chris Passier
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 14:38
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In article <1ebah5INNldv@agate.berkeley.edu>,
cah@mycenae.cchem.Berkeley.EDU (Charlie A. Henze) writes:
|>| The shooter is at least criminally negligent, and more likely is
|>| gun toting, crotch scratching, whiskey swilling in-bred hill
|>| billy who hangs out in the woods looking for 'runner-boys' with
|>| pretty mouths.
|>
 No, I think that river valley was flooded.
|>Sure, just blame the hill-billy...
|>Personally, I wouldn't hunt with a shotgun.  But, maybe
|>he didn't have a rifle?
|>Maybe he was hungry for deer stew (it's great if you have never
|>had it).  
|>But seriously, I think the runner should know what kind of area
|>he is into.  Some people have already posted that perhaps
|>we (runners) shouldn't assume safety in every place all the time.
|>
 "Perhaps"?? ..... Yes, I'd say that would be a rather elementary
 piece of advice for anyone, not just runners. The only thing that
 seems surprising or shocking about this thread are the number of
 people who are apparently surprised that this could happen in the
 first place.
|>For example, I don't go running into West Oakland after dark.
|>I'm not going push my right-to access even though they are
|>public streets.
|>
|>-- 
|>Charlie Henze, cah@iris.cchem.berkeley.edu
|>-----------------------------------------------------------------
|>OLYMPICS RESULTS:  Men's 100m
|>WR  9.86  Carl Lewis (USA) ... OR  9.92  Carl Lewis (USA)
|>1.   LINFORD CHRISTIE, BRITAIN, 9.96. 
|>2.   FRANKIE FREDERICKS, NAMIBIA, 10.02. 
|>3.   DENNIS MITCHELL, USA, 10.04. 
|>-----------------------------------------------------------------
                           
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From: passier@bmerh9a1.BNR.CA (Chris Passier)
Subject: Re: Runner killed
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