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To: combjelly who wrote (353443)	10/4/2007 6:33:13 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574054

What I have done is take the factors that were thrown out, like car accident deaths and homicide, thrown in the ignored factor, which is the suicide rate, and shown that the article you are basing your argument on was bullshit. No that isn't what you've done, not even close. In comparisons with some countries the US has a higher suicide rate. For those comparisons factoring in the suicide rate helps the US. Also it wasn't just car accidents and homicide but all accidents and homicide. And in most countries accidental death and homicide combined cause far more death than suicide. What you've done is cherry pick a couple of countries with very high suicide rates and show that the difference between their (higher) suicide rate and our rate, is larger than the difference between their (lower) car accident death rate and our rate. Well fine, if I can cherry pick the countries for comparison I can similarly "prove" my case, and say the ball is in your court, but what would be the point?