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To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (44150)	4/28/1999 8:29:00 AM
From: Johannes Pilch	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 67261

Well, you see while Neocon's statement was imprecise, it was quite a bit more complex than you have made it out to be. Surely in an earlier post he mentioned “the last few years,” but he also compared the rash of killings to events during his “lifetime.” I simply was not looking to hold him to a precise number of years since his statement “the last few years” is so imprecise. He said he meant the nineties. I believe him. When you harp on the year 1992 as if it is ancient history (when it really was the year Bill Clinton became president), I think you support Neocon's point.

To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (44150)	4/28/1999 3:58:00 PM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 67261

Daniel, I do not know why I bother, but here goes: "few" is deliberately vague when one does not have the precise chronology at one's fingertips, and is similar to the use of several. A six or seven year span would easily qualify, and, in any event, the tempo of school shootings certainly accelerated as the decade wore on, hence the term "rash". The main point being that they are a comparative novelty, I do not know what kind of idiot would attempt to score debating points over such a trivial cavil...