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Re: Bowling for Columbine - Stats

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From: Bill Cullen
Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2003 03:50

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Michael said the following on 22/02/2003 1:16 AM:
> Stygen wrote:
>> So living in the US makes you ten times more likely to be shot dead..
>> niiiiice.
> 
> Actually, it depends where you live.
> Young, male, black, inner big-city - more like 1000 times more likely.
> Something Moore didnt want to address.
> 

This "ten times more likely to be shot dead" statistic is totally 
irrelevant. What should be relevant is the murder or death rates. I 
don't see how the actual method of death matters that much (except 
to the victim - and then being shot might be a preferred alternative 
to being hacked to death with a machete).

I think the world might be a lot better off if everyone (including 
myself) had a better understanding of statistics.

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