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  • From: "Tanner Lovelace" <clubjuggler AT gmail.com>
  • To: "Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/" <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [internetworkers] "You can get shot in Cary, too!"
  • Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2006 10:40:32 -0500

On 3/3/06, Tom Karches <tkarches AT gmail.com> wrote:
> What completely bogus analysis. How can you compare murder rate
> statistics for a single city (Durham) to an aggregation of multiple
> cities? This means nothing. How about comparing the murder rate in
> Durham to the total number of people murdered in Peru in 2003?
>
> What passes for news these days......I don't miss it.

Tom,

You completely miss the point. It isn't the comparison that's
interesting, it's the fact that there have been NO murders in Durham
so far this year. That's extremely GOOD news. Let's hope that
streak stays like it is for as long as possible.

Cheers,
Tanner
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Tanner Lovelace
clubjuggler at gmail dot com
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