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*Contact Info* Email Me MySpace: Profile & Pics AIM, YIM, MSN: icanblog ICQ: 160644326 *Links* Hyena Vince American in Taiwan Drudge Fark Digg *Popular Past Posts* Omni Financial Omni Financial Sucks American Income Life September 11th Absinthe Sapisvr.exe	Thursday, December 02, 2004 Funny Email My brother forwarded this to me. Surely it has been making its rounds on the internet, but I had not seen it before today. I don't know if the stats are true, but they sound believable. I'm not in the mood to look them up right now. Maybe later. Maybe not. This has been editted to correct random spelling, punctuation, and capitalization. Man, who writes the first drafts of all the crap that circulates via email? Anyway... Physicians vs. Gun Owners Physicians: a. The number of physicians in the U.S. is 700,000. b. The number of accidental deaths caused by physicians each year is 120,000. c. The number of accidental deaths per physician is 0.171. (Statistics courtesy of U.S. Dept.of Health & Human Services) Now think about this . . . Guns: a. The number of gun owners in the U.S. is 80,000,000. b. The number of accidental gun deaths per year (all age groups) is 1,500. c. The number of accidental deaths per gun owner is 0.0000188. Statistically, doctors are approximately 9,000 times more dangerous than gun owners. [If dangerous is defined a likely to kill you. How many people to guns hurt? {Guns hurt everybody!}] Remember: Guns don't kill people; doctors do. Fact: Not everyone has a gun, but almost everyone has at least one doctor. [Obviously a stupid comparison since docs have multiple patients.] Please alert your friends to this alarming threat. We must ban doctors before this gets completely out of hand! There was another paragraph about how you should see the statistics for lawyers, but it really didn't make any sense. I guess I think it does a poor job of making a good point. Jonathan 12/02/2004 04:46:00 PM	Some parts true. Many made-up. Songs don't stay posted long. All photos are manipulated. Denver *Archives* February 2002 March 2002 April 2002 May 2002 June 2002 July 2002 August 2002 September 2002 October 2002 November 2002 December 2002 January 2003 February 2003 March 2003 April 2003 May 2003 June 2003 July 2003 February 2004 March 2004 April 2004 May 2004 June 2004 July 2004 August 2004 September 2004 October 2004 November 2004 December 2004 January 2005 February 2005 March 2005 April 2005 May 2005 June 2005 July 2005 August 2005 September 2005 October 2005 November 2005 December 2005 January 2006 February 2006 March 2006 April 2006 May 2006 June 2006 July 2006 August 2006 September 2006 October 2006 November 2006 December 2006 February 2007 March 2007 Home