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In reply to the discussion: Americans Are as Likely to Be Killed by Their Own Furniture as by Terrorism [View all]whatchamacallit
(15,558 posts)37. "... seventeen were private U.S. citizens, or .001 percent"
And how many of those were killed by us? This really puts into perspective what colossal assholes we are.
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Americans Are as Likely to Be Killed by Their Own Furniture as by Terrorism [View all]
morningfog
Jun 2012
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In related news: House Republicans pass bill declaring "War on Furniture". ( n/t )
Make7
Jun 2012
#2
Whatever the MIC wants, the MIC gets, no matter who is pretending to be in office.
Huey P. Long
Jun 2012
#4
The MIC claims that it is responsible for the low numbers of Americans killed. Without their
libinnyandia
Jun 2012
#6
A largely imaginary threat built up on lies and propaganda to feed the MIC.
Huey P. Long
Jun 2012
#10
So what is the statistical threshold before attempting to stop violent mass-murderers?
Nuclear Unicorn
Jun 2012
#8
For many of the dead you have the causation backwards. For many of the dead,
morningfog
Jun 2012
#39
We spend trillions on stopping terrorists which have killed maybe 4000 US citizens,
johnd83
Jun 2012
#9
I said it before and I'll say it again- the terrorism threat meme is bullshit.
Gregorian
Jun 2012
#21
Sweden must turn over the heads of Ikea or else face preemptive invasion
4th law of robotics
Jun 2012
#32
And the moderate furniture has refused to "refudiate" the radicalized furniture
CrawlingChaos
Jun 2012
#38