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<DIV><FONT size=2>Yes I remember, now we are starting to get body counts,
just like we did back in the 60s and 70s, only they are our own instead if
the other side. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=sdmheit@verizon.net
href="mailto:sdmheit@verizon.net">Shirley Heit</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=gcfl-discuss@gcfl.net
href="mailto:gcfl-discuss@gcfl.net">Discussion of the Good, Clean Funnies
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, January 04, 2005 12:54
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [GCFL-discuss] tsunami victim
count</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=703591717-04012005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>Sorry if I
sound a little morbid. </FONT></SPAN></DIV></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=703591717-04012005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=703591717-04012005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>Does anyone
remember when they used to count traffic deaths on holiday
weekends?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=703591717-04012005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>They
haven't done it in ages, probably because drunken driving is way down from the
60s & 70s, thanks in part to organizations like MADD, public
awareness, and changes in the laws. Also traffic fatalities in general
are down because of seatbelts and airbags.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=703591717-04012005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=703591717-04012005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>In any
case, back then, a big topic in the news over holiday weekends was a
running count of how many traffic fatalities there were so far, and
predictions as to high the count was going to go. 500 was common.
Do you guys remember this?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=703591717-04012005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=703591717-04012005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>Anyway, MAD
magazine (what me worry) once did a parody of this where they had a Jerry
Lewis type telethon begging people to contribute to the cause (the
death count). </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=703591717-04012005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=703591717-04012005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>The reason
this comes to mind is that the way the news media keep focusing on how many
casualties there have been in South Asia, and how many there might be, reminds
me of those counts.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
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