Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ubc-cs.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcsrgv!ubc-vision!ubc-cs!robinson 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 Lines: 19 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