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From: robinson@ubc-cs.UUCP (Jim Robinson)
Newsgroups: can.politics
Subject: Re: A Letter to Brian ( not really )
Message-ID: <891@ubc-cs.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 15-Dec-84 19:46:05 EST
Article-I.D.: ubc-cs.891
Posted: Sat Dec 15 19:46:05 1984
Date-Received: Sun, 16-Dec-84 21:44:42 EST
References: <756@ubc-vision.CDN>  <1274@dciem.UUCP>
Reply-To: robinson@ubc-cs.UUCP (Jim Robinson)
Organization: UBC Department of Computer Science, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
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Summary: 

In article <1274@dciem.UUCP> mmt@dciem.UUCP (Martin Taylor) writes:
>
>In today's Globe and Mail (which I don't have in front of me), it reported
>that 84% of Manitobans(?) supported the death penalty for premeditated
>murder, 82% for killing a policeman, about 70% for sexually molesting
>a child, and 35% for causing a fatal accident while under the influence
>of alcohol.  (These figures may be off a bit, but they are in the right
>ball-park).
>
>We are a bloodthirsty people, aren't we? 

Yes, we ( homo sapiens ) certainly are a bloodthirsty bunch. Unfortunately,
this is something that members of the peace-at-any-price school of thinking
( especially those advocating *unilateral* nuclear disarmament ) either
don't realize or tend to ignore.

                                            J.B. Robinson