In my opinion, you have bolstered the point that I was making. I have seen this analogy before and do not like it for precisely the reasons that you stated. However it is a testament to the job that our troops are doing, their overall professionalism, their training, their use of equipment, etc. that even as the targets they are to the terrorists that have entered Iraq precisely for the purpose of trying to kill them and disrupt the democratic process and the overall march to freedom, that they are still "safer" than an American in Washington, DC in the one statistical category, as skewed as it may be. They have my respect.
The terrorists currently causing the vast majority of the problems in Iraq bear a striking resemblance to the KKK following the American civil war. They are a group of people who are not happy with the outcome of the war because it means that their power over others and their way of life in general is threatened. The primary difference is that the terrorists in America known as the KKK were homegrown, the terrorist in Iraq are primarily foreign, but they kill innocents for the same reasons. It is a good thing that Ted Kennedy was not calling the shots or Michael Moore wasn't making movies back then huh? -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Rusty Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2005 6:15 PM To: 'RollTideFan - University of Alabama Athletics Discussion List' Subject: RE: [RollTideFan] Fw: Info you should know The Booze-man wrote: "The facts do remain though that rate of Americans who die due to gunshot wounds in Washington, DC is greater than the rate in Iraq. It puts it in perspective[...] " Maybe this has something to do with the fact that most residents of DC do not: 1. Walk around town in body armor 2. Commute to and from work in 'up-armor' humvees, Bradleys, and tanks 3. Spend the vast majority of the day in a heavily fortified 'green zone' Don't get me wrong - we are in total agreement on the *issue*, as far as I can tell. There's just a part of me that gets real PO'ed when people take numbers like these and try to compare apples and oranges - actually, this is more like apples and bullets. I can do it too! Did you know that the incidence of rape and ice cream consumption follow the same cyclical trend? If we could just outlaw ice cream, or even better require two forms of government-issued ID for people who buy ice cream "for their own enjoyment", we could lock up those raping bastards in a new york minute! What a step forward this would be for the women in this country! And best of all, if a rape did occur, we would have a handy database of ice cream consumers as primary suspects, which should lead to quick resolution of the crime. Or, it could be that no one but a retard wants to hangs his nads outside his pants when its twenty below zero...or eat ice cream. OBC - I love Bama and so should you! And you!! And you!!! Rusty _______________________________________________ RTF mailing list RTF@rolltidefan.net http://rolltidefan.net/mailman/listinfo/rtf_rolltidefan.net
