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MaXaM · 10-27-2004, 03:06 PM

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[center]PLEASE BE SURE TO READ WHAT SENATOR JOHN GLENN SAID

Things that make you think a little........

There were 39 combat related killings in Iraq during the month of
January. In the fair city of Detroit there were 35 murders in the month of January. That's just one American city, about as deadly as the entire war torn country of Iraq.
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I'll take the easy one. Let's see what we have here...

Detroit population in 2000: 951,270
Number of murders in Detroit in January: 35 (0.000036792%)

Number of troops in Iraq in January: 130,000
Number of casualties in Iraq in January: 47 (0.000361538%)

You are 9.827 times more likely to be killed in Iraq than in Detroit, so what Senator John Glenn said is just complete BULLSH*T. At the rate soldies die in Iraq, there would have been 344 murders in January, not 35. That's what people like John Glenn do, they present the facts in the way that would benefit them, and people who don't stop and think just for a minute believe them.

Sources:

http://detroit.areaconnect.com/statistics.htm
http://icasualties.org/oif/prdDetail...?hndRef=1-2004
http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...0117-voa01.htm

Detroit population figures are from 2000, so the numbers may not be exact right, but you get the point.

10-27-2004, 03:06 PM	#12 (permalink)
MaXaM Over 100 Posts Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Los Gatos, CA Posts: 126	<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Jaylin [center]PLEASE BE SURE TO READ WHAT SENATOR JOHN GLENN SAID Things that make you think a little........ There were 39 combat related killings in Iraq during the month of January. In the fair city of Detroit there were 35 murders in the month of January. That's just one American city, about as deadly as the entire war torn country of Iraq. <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote"> [bs] I'll take the easy one. Let's see what we have here... Detroit population in 2000: 951,270 Number of murders in Detroit in January: 35 (0.000036792%) Number of troops in Iraq in January: 130,000 Number of casualties in Iraq in January: 47 (0.000361538%) You are 9.827 times more likely to be killed in Iraq than in Detroit, so what Senator John Glenn said is just complete BULLSH*T. At the rate soldies die in Iraq, there would have been 344 murders in January, not 35. That's what people like John Glenn do, they present the facts in the way that would benefit them, and people who don't stop and think just for a minute believe them. Sources: http://detroit.areaconnect.com/statistics.htm http://icasualties.org/oif/prdDetail...?hndRef=1-2004 http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...0117-voa01.htm Detroit population figures are from 2000, so the numbers may not be exact right, but you get the point.