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   From: user@domain.invalid   
      
   On 28/05/2013 11:46 PM, Scout wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   > "keithr"  wrote in message   
   > news:b0jdaqFq2edU1@mid.individual.net...   
   >> On 26/05/2013 1:55 AM, Bert wrote:   
   >>> In news:b08t83FghsiU1@mid.individual.net keithr    
   >>> wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> The danger is overstated by most Americans, while in the States I was   
   >>>> warned several times that places the I was planning to go to were   
   >>>> dangerous, but in the event, the places proved to be perfectly safe.   
   >>>   
   >>> Can I take it that you don't wear a seat belt when driving and have no   
   >>> smoke detectors or fire extinguishers in your home?   
   >>>   
   >>> Since you haven't been killed in an car accident or house fire, these   
   >>> dangers are obviously overstated, and they're prefectly safe.   
   >>>   
   >> The chances of being hit by an incompetent driver or a frying pan   
   >> catching fire are much higher than being attacked. I have been   
   >> involved in accidents when some-one else screwed up, but so far, in a   
   >> long life, I have yet to be attacked or have the kitchen catch fire.   
   >   
   > Congratulations. Meanwhile thousands of people each year have to deal   
   > with violent crime and the consequences of it.   
      
   So, are more people in the US victims of violent crime, than are victims   
   of road accidents or kitchen fires? That certainly isn't the case here   
   in Oz.   
      
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