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| From | "Josh Chasin" <jchasin@nyc.rr.com> |
| Subject | Re: Dimebag Darrell shot dead |
| Date | Thu, 9 Dec 2004 13:04:30 -0500 |
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From: "Michael Bennett" <mrhonorama@ameritech.net>
> While I do think that Jaimie's comments were not
> really appropriate for this list, but his commentary
> on American gun laws would be legit in the right
> forum.
The core point of Michael Moore's movie-- and I'm no fan of his-- was that
Canada had equivalent numbers of guns per capita to the US, but far less gun
violence per capita, so that there must be something endemically "American"
to gun violence (and not laws, because again gun penetration is similar in
Canada; the Canadians aren't keeping guns out of the hands of their
citizens). Interestingly, as I understand it, A preponderance of the
Canadian population lives within say 75 miles of the US border, so something
really does seem to be going on when you cross that border.
Off the top of my head my favorite pop song about gun violence is the World
Party cover of "Happiness is a Warm Gun." I only mention that to be on
topic. (My favorite song about spousal abuse, if you're wondering, is "He
Hit Me (And it Felt Like a Kiss.)" And no, I don't think that's the least
bit funny. Quite the contrary.)
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