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Re: Bowling for Columbine - Stats

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From: John Blahusiak
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 12:22
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In iinet.general ChrisK <chrisk_junk@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
: On Thu, 20 Feb 2003 20:18:19 +0800
: "Stygen" <.> wrote:
: 
:> Had a good watch of Bowling for Columbine the other day.  I thought
:> I would transcribe some of the stats for a bit of a laugh at the
:> expense of the U.S. This is an intersting docufilm about gun
:> control (or lack thereof) in the US.  I recommend watching it.
: 
: It's interesting viewing all right. Another quoted figure (sorry I can't remember the full context): actual murders down 20%, number of murders reported on TV up 600%.

Three thousand channels full of crap: priceless.

jb.

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From: John Blahusiak <jaylbee@tartarus.uwa.edu.au> 
Subject: Re: Bowling for Columbine - Stats
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