Re: Not always joking, it seems

In the Year of the Earth Rat, the Great and Powerful Kurt Busiek 
declared:
> > 
> But I can still understand why people don't equate accidental death with

> natural death, or either with getting gunned down in school.
> 
> It's possible to recognize that driving automobiles carries risk without

> pretending that mass murder isn't "noteworthy."
> 

It's still im****tant to remind people that if it's on the news it 
is, by definition, unusual, because many people consider the events 
that make headlines a representative sampling of reality, and not 
just a sampling of interesting anecdotes.

-- 
Sean O'Hara <http://diogenes-sinope.blogspot.com>
Bender: I'm not allowed to vote.
Fry: 'Cause you're a robot?
Bender: No, convicted felon.
    -Futurama