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To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (44186)	4/28/1999 12:22:00 PM
From: Johannes Pilch	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 67261

Daniel, you used the article to counter Neocon's point that until the nineties, he has never seen violence of this type. But instead of countering him you in fact supported his point because the article tells us that this kind of violence occurred in the nineties. The point is you railed about 1992 as if it was even worse than 1999, and this supported Neocon's point that in his lifetime the nineties have presented more school massacres than other decades. Whether Neocon's point is factually correct according to someone's “damned statistics” is really quite irrelevant to this discussion. This discussion concerns your tactical error in giving ammunition to your opponents. You should have said “Ok, Neocon. What about the school massacres of 1950, 51,52,53 and 54? According to a poll done by XYZ these massacres alone present more than twice the number of school murders that occurred in the nineties.” In this way, Daniel, you would have effectively countered Neocon's position. As it stands currently, at best you have allowed him to shoot you in the head without defending yourself. At worst you have shot yourself in the head by possibly giving your opponents ammunition -- not a very smart thing to do.