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Article #1124Re: Bowling for Columbine - Stats
From: ChrisK
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 09:48
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 09:48
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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%. How long until the first American 'reality TV show' requires a contestant to kill his opponents to win? -ChrisK
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