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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: Travis_Bickle who wrote (108625)4/13/2009 3:01:14 PM
From: Dale Baker  Read Replies (4) of 543753
 
It's comparable to people claiming that prayer kept them safe when they walked across the street. I put an equal amount of faith and belief in both, since a hard number is unknowable.

And absent hard numbers, I don't accept propositions as proved in any significant way, even if one can deduce that in some hypothetical incidents, brandishing could make a difference.
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