Re: OT /Interesting amusing statistic

["Robert L Bass" <Sales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"tourman" wrote:
>
> RHC: Although both posts were made "tongue in cheek", it does illustrate how
> the gun hating and other paranoid groups use the same kind of approach to
> "prove" any number of ridiculous claims about the harm of private gun
> ownership...

True, though I don't actually hate guns.  Handguns make great hammers and, in
a pinch, you can sometimes use a rifle as a pry bar.

> Distortion of the truth by the misuse of statistics is the name of the game
> in both the US and Canada on any number of issues (not just the gun control
> issue but definately with the gun control issue). You always have to look at
> the source of any report to get the true "colour" of the facts....

True.

> I think one of our long dead Prime Ministers said it correctly when faced
> with a poll showing stats that weren't in his favour..." Polls are for dogs
> to pee on...."

Reminds me of the story I heard of an old Indian chief.  Although younger men
in the council of warriors made most of the day-to-day decisions about tribal
life, it was the chief's honor to name all the new babies when they were born.
One day a young brave approached the elderly chief and asked, "Oh great chief,
may I ask a question of you?"

The elderly chief replied, "It does my heart good to answer your questions, my
son.  Speak."

The brave asked, "How do you choose names for the new papooses when they are
born?"

"When I hear the shouts of joy from the wigwam after the cries of pain, I know
that a new papoose has come into the world.  Then I go into the forest and the
fields to seek the will of the Great Spirit.  If my eyes see a bear climbing a
tree, I name the young buck, 'Climbing Bear.'  If my eyes see an eagle soaring
over the clouds, I name the young squaw, 'Soaring Eagle.'"

"I understand, great chief," said the young brave.

Then the chief asked, "But why does your heart question these things, "Two
Dogs Fucking?"

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Regards,
Robert L Bass

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