[wewillnotfail]

You don't have to go to Philly to make a comparison. Brit Hume had a guy on two days ago who researched Mongomery County and found that, on average, 30 people a month were murdered. So even if you attributed all the sniper's victim to that one county, your oddd of being murdered by the sniper were only one thirds of your odds of being murdered by someone else.

My idea as to why this scared so many people is simple. Media coverage.

[Kip Lange]

My idea as to why this scared so many people is simple. Media coverage.

The media wouldn't cover it if it didn't pull in the ratings -- in other words, if *we* didn't want to see it. Media and public are practically inseperable at this point in certain regards.

[slimer]

My idea as to why this scared so many people is simple. Media coverage.

BINGO!