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   From: kybyrd@pobox.upenn.edu   
      
   On Tue, 14 Feb 2006 08:57:09 -0500, Shawn Hirn  wrote:   
   >In article ,   
   > kybyrd@pobox.upenn.edu (Karen Y Byrd) wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Mon, 13 Feb 2006 12:56:15 -0500, Art Clemons    
   >> wrote:   
   >> >Apparently on Saturday, VP Cheney managed to shoot another hunter   
   >> >accidentally while hunting doves in Texass.  I can't imagine how he could   
   >> >mistake a human for a dove, or how he could point his weapon at another   
   >> >human without provocation considering his rhetoric but it apparently   
   >> >happened.  The 78 yr old who was shot is still recovering from the shotgun   
   >> >blast.   
   >>   
   >> Chances are we will never hear the true story but I heard this morning that   
   >> the guy came up behind Cheney. In other words he wasn't in plain sight.   
   >>   
   >> I just think it was a mistake. Why make more of it than that?   
   >   
   >Mistakes happen. I agree, but the question is, how will this mistake be   
   >handled by the justice system? Will Cheney get a pat on the back due to   
   >his position OR will he be accorded the same treatment that you or I   
   >would if either us made the same mistake?   
      
   If the guy dies it really gets sticky.   
      
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