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Ian Smith wrote:
> ["Followup-To:" header set to uk.rec.cycling.]
> On Tue, 20 May 2008, Brimstone <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Squashme wrote:
>>>
>>> Speed killed.
>>
>> No it didn't. If it did he would have died even if the boat stayed
>> on the surface of the water in its normal fashion.
>
> Yeah, yeah.
>
> And jumping off a tall building doesn't kill, it's only the stopping
> abruptly at the bottom that does that.
>
> Cutting someone's throat won't kill them either - it's interrupting
> the blood and consequently oxygen flow to the brain that does that.
>
> Do you really think that these sort of assertions are sensible?
>
If a simple statement of fact isn't sensible what is?
> ["Followup-To:" header set to uk.rec.cycling.]
> On Tue, 20 May 2008, Brimstone <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Squashme wrote:
>>>
>>> Speed killed.
>>
>> No it didn't. If it did he would have died even if the boat stayed
>> on the surface of the water in its normal fashion.
>
> Yeah, yeah.
>
> And jumping off a tall building doesn't kill, it's only the stopping
> abruptly at the bottom that does that.
>
> Cutting someone's throat won't kill them either - it's interrupting
> the blood and consequently oxygen flow to the brain that does that.
>
> Do you really think that these sort of assertions are sensible?
>
If a simple statement of fact isn't sensible what is?