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former9thward

(31,798 posts)
22. So then nothing that is presented will ever be "relevant" in your eyes.
Mon Dec 24, 2012, 09:13 PM
Dec 2012

Because if you don't like the facts you will say there are other factors. You can say that about anything. At least I presented facts. The posters I replied to presented absolutely nothing but gossip.

some truth,but DonCoquixote Dec 2012 #1
Indiscriminate killings are more prevalent in America. wake.up.america Dec 2012 #2
"Europe is a place where Terrorist bombings are considered normal". Any stats, quotes, pampango Dec 2012 #21
here ya go DonCoquixote Dec 2012 #23
Not according to the Immigration Service. former9thward Dec 2012 #3
Don't confuse the poster with facts while their attempting to be dramatic. crazyjoe Dec 2012 #9
Those statistics don't reflect reaction to a week old shooting incident. wickerwoman Dec 2012 #10
I like facts not anecdotes. former9thward Dec 2012 #19
It's too early for the facts you've presented to be relevant. wickerwoman Dec 2012 #20
So then nothing that is presented will ever be "relevant" in your eyes. former9thward Dec 2012 #22
I can say that about anything that is irrelevant. wickerwoman Dec 2012 #31
That in another few weeks Europeans won't even remember. Zax2me Dec 2012 #47
Once, in a London restaurant Lifelong Protester Dec 2012 #4
This message was self-deleted by its author crazyjoe Dec 2012 #12
That's precisely how a Northern Irish teenager reacted in Roger Rosenblatt's... CBHagman Dec 2012 #28
Hey, that's what makes us "exceptional." CTyankee Dec 2012 #5
Their fears are unfounded. Jenoch Dec 2012 #6
I work with Germans and Italians...so no. tammywammy Dec 2012 #7
I must say laundry_queen Dec 2012 #8
let's see, about 13,000 gun deaths last year, 315.000.000 people, crazyjoe Dec 2012 #11
This abelenkpe Dec 2012 #32
Gun-related homicide statistics are available from the DoJ. Lizzie Poppet Dec 2012 #41
fine, let's use your numbers. according to your article, from the fortune tellers crazyjoe Dec 2012 #45
I was unable to find any examples of an au pair being murdered in the US. Nye Bevan Dec 2012 #13
I knew a real nice guy in Germany moondust Dec 2012 #14
and supposedly everybody in Switzerland DOES hfojvt Dec 2012 #16
it is dangerous, but often also mostly harmless hfojvt Dec 2012 #15
You have to be cautious but shouldn't let fear guide your life. nt Raine Dec 2012 #17
More cautious now than in the past IMO. I drive a classic car and I have to admit sometimes it RKP5637 Dec 2012 #30
It just means Americans haven't cornered the market on irrational fear Major Nikon Dec 2012 #18
Interesting comments. wake.up.america Dec 2012 #24
Really! elleng Dec 2012 #27
Nnnnnope. Hasn't occured to me. cherokeeprogressive Dec 2012 #25
My family have refused to visit for years.. HipChick Dec 2012 #26
Hey just maybe Berserker Dec 2012 #38
in canada too riverbendviewgal Dec 2012 #29
I drive cross country, sometimes, and I have to admit it unnerves me occasionally when getting off RKP5637 Dec 2012 #33
Trust me. You're safer getting off in central Kansas or Nebraska Nye Bevan Dec 2012 #35
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh, definitely!!! Yep!!!!!! n/t RKP5637 Dec 2012 #40
Because of the epidemic of ski slope shootings? (nt) Nye Bevan Dec 2012 #34
Well Berserker Dec 2012 #36
My husband, my daughter and I visited London Mariana Dec 2012 #37
i just came back from london riverbendviewgal Dec 2012 #39
They're welcome to go to N Africa, S America, Central Asia, etc. HooptieWagon Dec 2012 #42
We own a place that puts up quite a few visiting Germans (in particular) as well as KittyWampus Dec 2012 #43
Violent Crime is at a decade lows... OneTenthofOnePercent Dec 2012 #44
HA. A joke. I would not throw stones from the glass house of Europe. Zax2me Dec 2012 #46
So, this means there is no reason to have trepidations about visiting Cincinnati? wake.up.america Dec 2012 #48
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