Because I heard the completely ridiculous comparison that more Americans are killed by police violence than by terrorism, I started looking up homicide data.
http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/homicide/tables/reldetailunweightedtab.cfm raw data table of homicides
http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=2228 arrest related deaths
But I mean, seriously, of COURSE we don't have a lot of deaths from terrorism. So far. There's any number of reasons for this, but does it matter?
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In much more amusing pursuits, here's that poem about the ridiculousness of English language pronunciations, courtesy of![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
tronella:
The Chaos by Gerard Nolst Trenité
Also, I have bought myself sandals! My ancient Birkenstocks and Tevas are dying - the rubber soles are worn through - so I have been trying to keep my eyes open, and since tomorrow is my birthday I finally decided to get myself these: Taos Prize Slides. (I wanted the 'tan multi' [I think it was], but they only had the brown in my size.) Not quite sure if I made the best choice, not sure if they're really me, but I was also thinking in terms of my costume for Faire, and I think they look sort of both middle class and vaguely barbaric. So... we'll see.
AND, I recovered my notebook! They did have it at the Post Office! :D
http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/homicide/tables/reldetailunweightedtab.cfm raw data table of homicides
http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=2228 arrest related deaths
But I mean, seriously, of COURSE we don't have a lot of deaths from terrorism. So far. There's any number of reasons for this, but does it matter?
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In much more amusing pursuits, here's that poem about the ridiculousness of English language pronunciations, courtesy of
tronella: The Chaos by Gerard Nolst Trenité
Also, I have bought myself sandals! My ancient Birkenstocks and Tevas are dying - the rubber soles are worn through - so I have been trying to keep my eyes open, and since tomorrow is my birthday I finally decided to get myself these: Taos Prize Slides. (I wanted the 'tan multi' [I think it was], but they only had the brown in my size.) Not quite sure if I made the best choice, not sure if they're really me, but I was also thinking in terms of my costume for Faire, and I think they look sort of both middle class and vaguely barbaric. So... we'll see.
AND, I recovered my notebook! They did have it at the Post Office! :D
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