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                    One of my favorites of all time, Wavy.  I might be a little biased; he was 
                
                from my home state of West Virginia.
                
                    posted by
                    saul_relative
                     on June 12, 2007 at 3:59 PM
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                    Re: Not the real problem, Wavy.  Getting the bullet out of his pocket and 
                
                You're right.  Barney was a funny character.
                
                    posted by
                    WavyDavy
                     on June 10, 2007 at 9:16 AM
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                    And that is why, mysteria, so many people believe in an afterlife...
                
                
                
                    posted by
                    saul_relative
                     on June 7, 2007 at 11:08 AM
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                    the world is an increasing saddening, maddening place
                
                
                
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                    mysteria
                     on June 7, 2007 at 9:45 AM
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                    Actually, dark mistress, moving to Schenectady isn't so bad.  It's 
                
                population is barely over 60,000 (est. 2003), making it well below that violent line in the FBI data.  I can honestly say I have never met a New Yorker I didn't like.  They get a bum rap (especially New York City folk).  
                
                    posted by
                    saul_relative
                     on June 6, 2007 at 8:39 AM
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                I live in a rural town in Australia which is the safest place to be. My partner lives in Schenectady New York and wants both my daughter and myself to move there to live. Scares the hell out of me....
                
                    posted by
                    dark_mistress
                     on June 6, 2007 at 5:09 AM
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                    Right you are, Kabu.
                
                
                
                    posted by
                    saul_relative
                     on June 5, 2007 at 11:48 PM
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                    Vigilante justice, although an option, will just validate the inability of 
                
                the current legal system to provide the law-abiding with protection against the criminal element.  And it will probably get worse, as you suggest, Aussie.
                
                    posted by
                    saul_relative
                     on June 5, 2007 at 11:47 PM
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                    Is it going to improve?????sadly not likely
                
                
                
                    posted by
                    Kabu
                     on June 5, 2007 at 10:57 PM
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                    Unfortunately, I guess its a sign of the times... Especially given the fact that the US population is, realistically speaking, only going to increase.
  I'm not sure what the stats are over here in Oz (I don't really keep track of it), but I do know we have about the same problem here. The police over here are so hamstrung in regards as to what you can do against law-breakers, becoming a vigilante seems some days the only logical answer - As illogical and wrong that that answer is.
                
                    posted by
                    AussieXenu
                     on June 5, 2007 at 10:07 PM
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                    Not the real problem, Wavy.  Getting the bullet out of his pocket and 
                
                chambered was Barney's problem.  
                
                    posted by
                    saul_relative
                     on June 5, 2007 at 9:12 PM
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                    Apparently An Increasingly Violent One 
                
                      Just as long as Barney Fife can get his gun out of his holster.  
  
                
                    posted by
                    WavyDavy
                     on June 5, 2007 at 7:17 PM
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