[geeks] FW: [rescue] UPS Recommendation

[Brian Dunbar]

Mike Meredith [mailto:mike at blackhairy.demon.co.uk] on Friday, July 18, 2003
4:49 PM said;


Brian Dunbar <Brian.Dunbar at plexus.com> wrote:
> > Mike Meredith [mailto:mike at blackhairy.demon.co.uk] on Friday, July 18,
> > 2003 2:57 PM said;
> > 
> > > Whether or not you believe that gun control increases (or decreases)
> > > crime, the UK probably isn't a good choice for comparison.
> > 
> > Which is true for nearly ... anywhere.  

> Indeed. But I was merely pointing out that a naive comparison between 
> the UK and the US crime figures is particularly problematic because of
> the terrorism factor (I think you're trivialising the impact on a
> society of 30 odd years of more or less continual terrorism).

Please believe me, I wasn't trivialising the terr impact, Mike.

~brian