I understood anyway that the discussion was basically about Europe and that the reference to "old deep South" was meant to give us a quick and vivid mental picture of what we don't Europe to become, and so on. Is there such a thing as "statistical fundamentalism" ? O.K. --- Judith Evans <judithevans1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > so you'll be voting BNP today? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Donal McEvoy" <donalmcevoyuk@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2006 2:54 PM > Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Place of lynchings? Stats > and intelligent > discussion thereon not PC kneejerking > > > > Maybe I should offer something specific: what are > the chances > statistically > > if you are black in America of > > a) being killed by a white lynch-mob > > b) being killed by another black person or group > of blacks? > > > > Choose any year you like. Argue that b) only > happens because of a) etc. > > But waken up and smell the coffee. > > > > > > Donal > > > > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > > Switch an email account to Yahoo! Mail, you could > win FIFA World Cup > tickets. http://uk.mail.yahoo.com > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > To change your Lit-Ideas settings > (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, > > digest on/off), visit > www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html > > > > > > -- > > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.5.1/326 - > Release Date: 27/04/2006 > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, > vacation on/off, > digest on/off), visit > www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html