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Old 25th Jul 2002, 09:13
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Typical Press grasp of the truth.....overzealous of the right to free speech so long as it is no one else's and for sure not if the other point of view differs from the preconcieved notions of the hacks. It is a good thing newspapers are so cheap....that way we don't have to expect accuracy and we don't have to hesitate to line our birdcages with them after we clip the coupons and do the crosswords.

Probably the explanations were shortened so as not to be boring to both the teacher and the student....somehow the old saw about leading a horse to water seems to apply here.

When the British solve the problem of gun violence in Northern Irleand, then maybe we can learn how to apply the same principles on our side of the salt water divide. Afterall, the homicide rate in Northern Ireland is 20% greater than the US. How many hundred years this been going on?
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