Robert,

On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 15:23:26 -0600, Robert Rolf wrote:

>> 60,000 people die on the roads in the US every damn year. That is more 
>> US citizens than died in the entire Viet Nam war by about 2,000. "
> 
> AMEN!
> 
> And don't forget the 10's of thousands of deaths and injuries a
> year in the USA caused by handguns. Yet you have no 'homeland security'
> response to THAT carnage. In fact, assault weapons just became legal 
> again. Leadership?? WHAT leadership?

Well all these figures pale against the number of people who die from smoking.  In the UK that's about 120,000 
a year (in a population about a fifth of that of the USA).  That's about one death every 4 minutes so if it 
maps to the USA it would be more than one a minute there.  Speed cameras?  If Government(s) *really* want to 
save lives, they would ban smoking.

> 'If you aren't for us, you must be against us'. G.W. Bush.
> How childish.

And wrong, and dangerous!  Look what it leads to: assisting and arming the "friend of my enemy" ended up with 
two wars against Iraq.  Binary thinking in politics is ridiculous, and if a leader engages in it, it's going 
to lead to big problems...
 
> I guess you get the leaders you deserve.

Let's hope the USA deserves better leaders then, and soon!

</rant>

Cheers,

Howard Winter
St.Albans, England


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