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To: Road Walker who wrote (334611)	4/22/2007 10:54:30 AM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 1574050

and why is that??? oh yeah liberalism in our culture, in hollywood. I guess mass murdering is 'progressive'

To: Road Walker who wrote (334611)	4/22/2007 3:05:47 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 1574050

Mass shootings more common since 1960s By MATT CRENSON, AP National Writer 15 minutes ago Mass public shootings have become such a part of American life in recent decades that the most dramatic of them can be evoked from the nation's collective memory in a word or two: Luby's. Jonesboro. Columbine. When you look at the list I posted, its very clear that over the past 20 years, the number of shootings is occurring at a greater frequency. And its not just about gun laws.....its about what's very wrong with this society........the insipid decay that is effecting everyone. The young are like the proverbial canary in the cave......they are the early warning signs that we are going the wrong way. And what successful, civilized society would ignore such a disturbing trend as the one we have going? One that is in decline? Yes, I think so. The fact that the stupid wingnuts have the unmitigated gall to suggest that the best solution would be to arm everyone with guns exemplifies how far we have fallen.

To: Road Walker who wrote (334611)	4/22/2007 3:57:10 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 1574050

AP Buries The Lead By Ed Driscoll · April 22, 2007 12:23 PM · Oh, That Liberal Media! · The Memory Hole Yesterday, we linked to an Associated Press story titled, "Mass Shootings More Common Since 1960s". Newsbusters notes that the real story is buried nine paragraphs in: "Duwe found that the prevalence of mass murders, defined as the killing of four or more people in a 24-hour period, tends to mirror that of homicide generally. The increase in mass killings during the 1960s was accompanied by a doubling in the overall murder rate after the relatively peaceful 1940s and '50s. "In fact, Duwe found that mass murder was just as common during the 1920s and early 1930s as it is today." As Newsbusters notes: "Unfortunately, as a Google search will reveal, hundreds of news outlets have carried this AP story. Only a handful of the readers will realize that paragraphs nine and ten of the article establish that the rest of the article is a fact-free recitation of false premises." Just the way AP wants it. eddriscoll.com