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To: longnshort who wrote (136929)	6/18/2004 12:24:23 PM
From: exdaytrader76	Respond to of 281500

That problem reminds me of the old testament, wherein many sons are punished for the sins of their fathers. Haiti is another example. There are way too many people in Haiti, cornered in the most worthless part of the island. When the last line was drawn, the Spanish had the power to screw the French out of the agriculturally valuable part of Hispanola. Haiti is mostly rocks. What little forest they had has been 90+% stripped bare to get wood for cooking. If it had not been for slavery, the world would not have the problem of Haiti.

To: longnshort who wrote (136929)	6/19/2004 8:30:58 AM
From: Noel de Leon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

"In 1991, the age-adjusted death rate from motor-vehicle crashes was highest for black males (26.2 per 100,000 population) and was nearly equal to that for white males (24.2 per 100,000), 2.5 times that for white females (10.4 per 100,000), and 3.0 times that for black females (8.7 per 100,000). * The age-adjusted death rate for firearms also was highest for black males (66.4 per 100,000) and was 3.2 times that for white males (20.7 per 100,000), 8.3 times that for black females (8.0 per 100,000), and 17.9 times that for white females (3.7 per 100,000). For both motor-vehicle- and firearm-related deaths, age-specific death rates were highest for persons aged 15-24 years (CDC, unpublished data, 1991). Reported by: Div of Violence Prevention and Div of Unintentional Injury Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control; Office of Analysis and Epidemiology, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC" wonder.cdc.gov Which probably correlates well with unemployment and poverty as well as race. Note that the white rate is 20 per 100,000 and that compares unfavorably with the Canadian rate of 4 per 100,000