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From: weemba@brahms.BERKELEY.EDU (Matthew P. Wiener)
Newsgroups: net.space
Subject: Re: Comparison between Challanger-seven and Pearl Harbor et al
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Date: Thu, 30-Jan-86 21:08:14 EST
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Posted: Thu Jan 30 21:08:14 1986
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In article <8601301631.AA04783@s1-b.arpa> REM%IMSSS@SU-SCORE.ARPA writes:
>Today on the news a comparison was made between the loss of the
>Challanger and other disasters of the past which affected people
>intensely: Hindenburg, Pearl Harbor, Roosevelt's death, Kennedy
>assassination. I would like to offer some rebuttal to the apparent
>claim that all five are of equal impact.
>
>Only Pearl Harbor involved great loss of life, Challenger was only 7,
>Roosevelt&Kennedy were one each (and Roosevelt was no surprise, he had
>been sick for a long time), Hindenburg deaths were mostly due to
>jumping because low-pressure hydrogen in air burns at a low
>[etc etc including comparisons with traffic fatalities, popular singers,
>more detailed comparison with Pearl Harbor, and more media bashing]

The media rushes into a news vacuum, and you now rebroadcast the same vacuum?

Please, please, don't even bother.

ucbvax!brahms!weemba	Matthew P Wiener/UCB Math Dept/Berkeley CA 94720