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Anthony Arnold <[log in to unmask]>
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St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List
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Fri, 1 Nov 2002 01:04:04 -0600
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I haven't been following this discussion closely, but I have to say I
agree with what Bobby is saying here.  I myself have zero interest in
owning a gun and learning how to use it mainly because of the way I was
brought up.  But however if I had interest, I would definitely want the
right to buy one and the additional right called "RESPONSIBILITY".  To
me, owning a gun is a lot like owning a vehicle, especially in a
household that includes children.

Thanks,
Anthony
Visit me at www.ara1.net

-----Original Message-----
From: St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of BG Greer, PhD
Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 6:12 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Capital Punishment (was Re: another shooting)

In a message dated 10/31/02 5:05:29 PM, [log in to unmask] writes:

>You could make
>a case that every group that does studies on anything has a vested
interest
>in proving one outcome or another... so why are you confident in
statistics
>that you agree with, but not those that state the opposite of what you
>believe?

As the NRA says, "Guns don't kill. People kill." The same is true for
statistics. Stats don't distort the facts, statisticians do. And, yes,
there
are bases even in "pure sciences", like physics, the experimenter has a
measurable effect on the results in some cases. In an ideal world, an
investigator would objectively select methods and statistics which were
completely objective and use sampling which was without bias, but this
is not
and ideal world!

Bobby

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