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Old 02-11-2023, 12:25 PM
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Originally Posted by ThirdOfFive View Post
Lol!

Gotta love what Mark Twain had to say about the three kinds of untruths: "Lies, damned lies, and statistics".

I remember something similar some years back. Couple of decades, maybe. Anyway the discussion involved the death penalty, and the state of Texas was getting mercilessly raked over the coals for LEADING THE NATION in executions the previous decade. Lots of hand-wringing over that. As I recall the hand-wringers didn't like it at all when it was pointed out to them that the state with actually the most executions per capita (which is what really matters, after all) was not Texas at all but DELAWARE.

Same kind of "reasoning" that was used regarding TV and STDs.
Some people would say that talking about Texas coming in 1st or 2nd about executions would be a DEVIATION from the original thread. I would NOT. Ever HEAR the OLD expression about........... what's good for the goose is also good for the gander?