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- From: ssalter@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (-=[SLS]=-)
- Subject: Re: Inauguration Parade Coverage (Was: Statistical bullshit)
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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 13:35:19 GMT
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- baldwin@carina.unm.edu (Chris Baldwin) corrects me:
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- >In article <C17z08.9ns@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> ssalter@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (-=[SLS]=-) writes:
- >> Screw it, who cares? Inaugurations are like football games, completely
- >> worthless displays.
- >
- > Now wait just a minute there. In a football game, there is at
- >least a significant chance of one of the principles suffering a serious
- >injury. Inaugurations are much worse. When was the last time someone
- >was paralyzed while being inaugurated. One president died a long time
- >ago, but nothing in recent years. I doubt any president has ever broken
-
-
- Good point, I hadn't considered that. There certainly were chances
- with Gerald Ford for some mayhem but it didn't pan out. Bodily injury
- would be amusing, at least.
-
- >sacked and had his leg broken in spectacular manner. Now that was a
- >games worth watching. The injury involved his leg flopping around in
- >all sorts of unnatural positions. Of course, the TV crew showed it
- >about a hundred time from different angles in slow motion. As I
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-
- Oh yeah, my wife mentioned that incident. I, of course, hadn't heard
- of it because I regard sports and politics as a major waste of time
- and I would rather torture cats than sit in front of the TV and watch
- such things. Amazing, our love of gore, eh? The ancient Romans knew
- what would pushup the Neilsen (sp?) ratings!
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