You're 8x more likely to be kilt by a LEO than terrorist

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by CATO, Aug 10, 2012.


  1. CATO

    CATO Monkey+++

    CATO, Aug 10, 2012
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  2. Witch Doctor 01

    Witch Doctor 01 Mojo Maker

    – You are 6 times more likely to die from hot weather than from a terrorist attack

    Kinda like one taking one quote out of context to make a sensational headline... are you sure that Cato isn't influnced by CNN...(insert satire here)
     
    Witch Doctor 01, Aug 10, 2012
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  3. CATO

    CATO Monkey+++

    Did you read it?? That was the author's point.
     
    CATO, Aug 10, 2012
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  4. Witch Doctor 01

    Witch Doctor 01 Mojo Maker

    Yes I read it... I still found the title inflamitory....
     
    Witch Doctor 01, Aug 11, 2012
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  5. UGRev

    UGRev Get on with it!

    Wait.. I'm likely to get a Kilt by a police officer? I don't get it :p
     
    UGRev, Aug 11, 2012
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  6. Witch Doctor 01

    Witch Doctor 01 Mojo Maker

    it's a statistical regression model of a frequency count.... showing how small a chance you have of being killed by a terrorist.... they compare it to all sorts of off the wall causes of death...
     
    Witch Doctor 01, Aug 11, 2012
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  7. BTPost

    BTPost Stumpy Old Fart,Deadman Walking, Snow Monkey Moderator

    and it only cost the American TaxPayer 3-4 Billion US, to get this GEAT amount of protection from our Friends @TSA/HLS I don't even count ICE/Boarder Protection, Mayor Doomberg's NYPD Idiots, as they aren't protecting anything.....
     
    BTPost, Aug 11, 2012
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  8. CATO

    CATO Monkey+++

    CATO, Aug 11, 2012
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