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   XPost: talk.philosophy.humanism   
   From: swayser@optonline.net   
      
   David V. wrote:   
      
   > Chris wrote:   
   >   
   >> "David V."  wrote   
   >>   
   >>>> Then you believe that the rise and fall of the murder   
   >>>> rate which coincides with the abolition and   
   >>>> reinstatement of the death penalty is a coincidence?   
   >>>   
   >>> Yes. There is nothing to prove they are connected.   
   >>   
   >> Probably....   
   >   
   > I see you have nothing to prove they're connected. Just   
   > because to pieces of data exist does not mean they are   
   > connected.   
      
   Maybe when you grow up you'll find a phenomena called cause and effect   
   exists. There is no other factor which is so closely related which could   
   produce such an effect, but you seem unable to understand that.   
      
   --   
   If you want to be free, there is but one way; it is to guarantee an   
   equally full measure of liberty to all your neighbors. There is no other.   
   Carl Schurz (1829-1906)   
      
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