Brian Hill wrote:

"ken8038" wrote in message
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Hey Mike: No flame here. Looks like we agree on something else beside
what's a great radio. In 1970 I bought some land in Canada to avoid
America's last great mistake (and one I wish we had learned at least a
little from). I never did move there (long story), but I was bascially
as impressed as you are by the civility of the Canadian people I met in
several trips there that year.

I grew up in NY City also (Bay Ridge Brooklyn, Where they cheered Peter
Boyle as "Joe" on the Big Screen in '70)). You??
(PS: Still loving the Sony D!).


You think all of America is like NY? It not.

Not by a long shot.

It's not like LA or SF either.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

"dxAce" wrote in message
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Brian Hill wrote:

"ken8038" wrote in message
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Hey Mike: No flame here. Looks like we agree on something else beside
what's a great radio. In 1970 I bought some land in Canada to avoid
America's last great mistake (and one I wish we had learned at least a
little from). I never did move there (long story), but I was bascially
as impressed as you are by the civility of the Canadian people I met
in
several trips there that year.

I grew up in NY City also (Bay Ridge Brooklyn, Where they cheered
Peter
Boyle as "Joe" on the Big Screen in '70)). You??
(PS: Still loving the Sony D!).


You think all of America is like NY? It not.

Not by a long shot.

It's not like LA or SF either.

dxAce
Michigan
USA



Yes Steve and it's not like several other cities packed full of miserable
aholes.

B.H.

In 1970 I bought some land in Canada

I thought you can only "lease" the Crown's land.
You can't own it in perpetuity - please correct me.
Perhaps that applies only to "Das Territories"?

crime in Toronto,CanaDUH.Less crime!!! sure!! but compare the population
of CanaDUH to the population of U.S.A.and it is no wonder they have less
crime in CanaDUH.
cuhulin


It is rampant with prostitution! Oh my!

"bierbarrel"

C'mon polka dude, you have to be fair and balanced.
You must also include the number of crimes that were
avoided due to the use of a firearm by the potential victom.

You won't here that figure on liberal tongues - Oh NO!

HOMICIDE (Table 1)

1. Rates for all homicides are 3.8 times higher in the United
States than in Canada. For 1987-96, the average homicide rate was 8.8
per 100,000 people in the U.S., compared to 2.3 per 100,000 in Canada.
2. A much greater proportion of homicides in the United States
involve firearms. For 1987-96, 65% of homicides in the U.S. involved
firearms, compared to 32% for Canada. Handgun homicide data are
available for 1989-95. During those years, 52% of homicides in the
U.S. involved handguns, compared to 14% in Canada.
3. Firearm homicide rates in the United States are 8.1 times higher
than in Canada. For 1987-96, the average firearm homicide rate was 5.7
per 100,000 in the U.S., compared to 0.7 per 100,000 in Canada.
4. Handgun homicide rates in the United States are 15.3 times
higher than in Canada. Based on available data for 1989-95, the
average handgun homicide rate was 4.8 per 100,000 in the U.S.,
compared to 0.3 per 100,000 in Canada.
5. Between 1987 and 1996, firearm homicide rates increased slightly
(+2%) in the United States but decreased (-7%) in Canada. On the other
hand, both countries reported a decrease in the overall homicide rate
(-11% in the U.S. and -13% in Canada).

The number of times Mike has travelled accross the U.S. of A.?

Zilch = Zero = Null = 0.00000000

mike maghakian wrote:

In 1999, my wife and I drove across canada (basically coast to coast) for
several weeks and we were impressed with several things.

first, they are raising more "normal" responsible children than this country
does. it was always a pleasure to see how they ran businesses and were quite
civil in public.

second, Canadians are nicer than americans, and I grew up in NYC !

Everyone is nicer that those in NYC, except maybe for the French.

I was in a store this morning and I saw some Rand McNally Road Atlas's.I
looked and I saw that the square miles area of CanaDUH is 3,511,023 and
the population of CanaDUH is 31,361,611.I don't remember what the square
miles area and population of America is because I didn't write it down
on the back of my checkbook but it is easy enough to look it up on the
internet.I already knew the population of California (I am not picking
on California,I love every one of these Great states of U.S.A) is about
34,000,000 or more and that is one of the reasons I said the rate of
crime is lower in CanaDUH than in U.S.A.I also say,More Guns,Less
Crime.Buy One,Hide One.Every day in U.S.A.there are instances of decent
citizens in U.S.A.who use their Guns (Firearms) to thwart crimes.England
and Australia,every since their govts took away the decent citizen's
Firearms over there,the crime in those country's has skyrocketed.There
is plenty of proof of that if you folks want to research that.
cuhulin

actually in my life, I have driven across the US TWICE (three weeks at a
time) and have visited almost every state in the past 25 years
I also spent 5 months travelling in europe in 1985

many places in the US, I had to fear for my life, and that is NOT an
exageration, never in canada or europe



"tianli" wrote in message
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The number of times Mike has travelled accross the U.S. of A.?

Zilch = Zero = Null = 0.00000000

CUHULIN - LMAO & ROTFL ~ RHF
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