In article , "Ed Huntress" wrote:

"Doug Miller" wrote in message
et...
In article , "Ed Huntress"
wrote:

"Doug Miller" wrote in message
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In article , "Ed Huntress"
wrote:

That's fine. Now, if he's so good to have around, why did he have to
call
the police 42 times and *still* have to shoot and kill two criminals who
broke in? How much use is *that*? How much safer are you because he's
there?

Two fewer thieves in the world because of him, obviously. Works for me.

And that's all you're going to get out of it, Doug, a little thrill.
Because
killing two burglars in a city that had 21,653 of them last year tells us
that all that will happen is that some gun-totin' folks who live in
fantasyland will get their rocks off when they watch the evening news.

[snip]

There's an inconvenient truth for ya', huh?

Speaking of an inconvenient truth... was that 21,653 burglars? Or 21,653
burglarIES? If, as I imagine, it's really the latter, it's highly doubtful
that the actual number of burglars in Dallas is anywhere near that high --
and
quite possibly low enough that removing just two of them could make a
noticeable difference.

That's burglaries, reported and recorded.

As I thought. BurglarIES, not burglars.

Yeah, Doug. I'm sure removing
those two will make a noticeable difference. g Keep a sharp eye on the
Dallas burglary rate. With those two guys out of the picture, you'll
doubtless see a big drop in the numbers....[music up, theme to "The Twilight
Zone"...]


Get a clue, Ed. How many burglaries do you think the average burglar commits
in a year? One? Two? Please note, too, that "doubtless" and "big drop" are
*your* words, not mine. I said "quite possibly" and "noticeable difference."

Dig up a few more statistics: of those 21,653 burglaries, what percentage were
solved? And how many people were arrested? That should give you a pretty good
idea of how many people are actually involved -- and it isn't gonna be
anywhere *near* twenty-one thousand.


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Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.