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- From: passier@bmerh9a1.BNR.CA (Chris Passier)
- Subject: Re: Runner killed
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.143813.23498@bmers145.bnr.ca>
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- Reply-To: passier@bmerh9a1.BNR.CA (Chris Passier)
- Organization: Bell-Northern Research Ltd.
- References: <1ebah5INNldv@agate.berkeley.edu>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 92 14:38:13 GMT
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- In article <1ebah5INNldv@agate.berkeley.edu>,
- cah@mycenae.cchem.Berkeley.EDU (Charlie A. Henze) writes:
- |>| The shooter is at least criminally negligent, and more likely is
- |>| gun toting, crotch scratching, whiskey swilling in-bred hill
- |>| billy who hangs out in the woods looking for 'runner-boys' with
- |>| pretty mouths.
- |>
- No, I think that river valley was flooded.
- |>Sure, just blame the hill-billy...
- |>Personally, I wouldn't hunt with a shotgun. But, maybe
- |>he didn't have a rifle?
- |>Maybe he was hungry for deer stew (it's great if you have never
- |>had it).
- |>But seriously, I think the runner should know what kind of area
- |>he is into. Some people have already posted that perhaps
- |>we (runners) shouldn't assume safety in every place all the time.
- |>
- "Perhaps"?? ..... Yes, I'd say that would be a rather elementary
- piece of advice for anyone, not just runners. The only thing that
- seems surprising or shocking about this thread are the number of
- people who are apparently surprised that this could happen in the
- first place.
- |>For example, I don't go running into West Oakland after dark.
- |>I'm not going push my right-to access even though they are
- |>public streets.
- |>
- |>--
- |>Charlie Henze, cah@iris.cchem.berkeley.edu
- |>-----------------------------------------------------------------
- |>OLYMPICS RESULTS: Men's 100m
- |>WR 9.86 Carl Lewis (USA) ... OR 9.92 Carl Lewis (USA)
- |>1. LINFORD CHRISTIE, BRITAIN, 9.96.
- |>2. FRANKIE FREDERICKS, NAMIBIA, 10.02.
- |>3. DENNIS MITCHELL, USA, 10.04.
- |>-----------------------------------------------------------------
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