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  • Re: A link between gun violence on TV and firearm deaths

    From David P@21:1/5 to All on Tue Apr 11 08:53:13 2023
    a425couple wrote:
    David P wrote:
    A link between gun violence on TV and firearm deaths
    April 21, 2021, University of Pennsylvania
    Almost a decade ago, Penn researchers Daniel ROMER and Patrick E. JAMIESON published findings revealing that, at the time, PG-13 movies showcased
    more gun violence than R-rated movies.

    Well, back in the late 1950's and through the 1960's the TV shows
    were very heavily loaded with 'cowboy' type shows and police shows.
    Hmmm, my age group (now 70's and 60's) did not seem consumed
    with violently acting out with firearms.
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    Didn't have so many vaccines back then, too. We got measles, mumps,
    chicken pox, flu, etc. Just because we can do something doesn't mean
    the benefits will outweigh the costs in perpetuity. Plenty of cases didn't: lead paint, radium paint, leaded gas, asbestos, CFCs, DDT, Thalidomide,
    PFAs, and most probably: extending life spans artificially by suppressing communicable diseases.
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  • From a425couple@21:1/5 to David P on Tue Apr 11 08:47:59 2023
    XPost: alt.law.enforcement

    On 4/11/23 00:15, David P wrote:
    A link between gun violence on TV and firearm deaths
    April 21, 2021, University of Pennsylvania
    Almost a decade ago, Penn researchers Daniel ROMER and Patrick E. JAMIESON published findings revealing that, at the time, PG-13 movies showcased
    more gun violence than R-rated movies.


    Well, back in the late 1950's and through the 1960's the TV shows
    were very heavily loaded with 'cowboy' type shows and police shows.
    Hmmm, my age group (now 70's and 60's) did not seem consumed
    with violently acting out with firearms.

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  • From Keith Willshaw@21:1/5 to David P on Mon Apr 17 15:36:31 2023
    On 11/04/2023 16:53, David P wrote:

    Didn't have so many vaccines back then, too. We got measles, mumps,
    chicken pox, flu, etc. Just because we can do something doesn't mean
    the benefits will outweigh the costs in perpetuity. Plenty of cases didn't: lead paint, radium paint, leaded gas, asbestos, CFCs, DDT, Thalidomide,
    PFAs, and most probably: extending life spans artificially by suppressing communicable diseases.
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    Well back in the 60's at school I got vaccinated against polio,
    smallpox, measles, rubella, whooping cough etc and we had pretty well
    wiped out tuberculosis with antibiotics. Polio was big problem back then
    there was one hospital in town that purely handed tbose cases. There was
    a remedial class in our elementary school that was specially set up for
    those kids in leg irons after having had polio.

    My mother was a nurse and made darned sure we all got vaccinated. We are
    all still here and we only lost our mum last year at the age of 96.

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  • From David P@21:1/5 to All on Mon Apr 17 15:38:19 2023
    a425couple wrote:
    On 4/11/23 00:15, David P wrote:
    A link between gun violence on TV and firearm deaths
    April 21, 2021, University of Pennsylvania
    Almost a decade ago, Penn researchers Daniel ROMER and Patrick E. JAMIESON published findings revealing that, at the time, PG-13 movies showcased
    more gun violence than R-rated movies.

    Well, back in the late 1950's and through the 1960's the TV shows
    were very heavily loaded with 'cowboy' type shows and police shows.
    Hmmm, my age group (now 70's and 60's) did not seem consumed
    with violently acting out with firearms.
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    I think it's the news coverage of the shootings, mainly, day in day out,
    all day long, that is inflaming the mentally ill to take action.
    The media are in the business of delivering an audience to an advertiser;
    they must have sensational stories or nobody will buy their product!
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  • From David P@21:1/5 to Keith Willshaw on Mon Apr 17 15:41:22 2023
    Keith Willshaw wrote:
    David P wrote:

    Didn't have so many vaccines back then, too. We got measles, mumps,
    chicken pox, flu, etc. Just because we can do something doesn't mean
    the benefits will outweigh the costs in perpetuity. Plenty of cases didn't: lead paint, radium paint, leaded gas, asbestos, CFCs, DDT, Thalidomide, PFAs, and most probably: extending life spans artificially by suppressing communicable diseases.
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    Well back in the 60's at school I got vaccinated against polio,
    smallpox, measles, rubella, whooping cough etc and we had pretty well
    wiped out tuberculosis with antibiotics. Polio was big problem back then there was one hospital in town that purely handed those cases. There was
    a remedial class in our elementary school that was specially set up for
    those kids in leg irons after having had polio.
    My mother was a nurse and made darned sure we all got vaccinated. We are
    all still here and we only lost our mum last year at the age of 96.
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    Well the benefits are well-known, but the actual costs are NOT!
    You have to read in order to know what the costs and consequences are,
    and most people aren't reading, so they think that "Anything goes!",
    "Numbers don't matter!", and "No limits!".
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