I have these statistics which were made clear in the movie:
the yearly total at the time of "Columbine's" filming is 11,217 deaths with
guns, compared with 381 for Germany, 68 for the United Kingdom and 39 for
Japan.
And I consider myself American, even if I am Italo-American. Therefore it is
my problem why Americans kill Americans, and this is the question
insistently asked by Moore, the director. No answer is given.
> I appreciate that we all have reason for anger, but Americans don't kill
> mainly American women. I wish I could say that we're far too democratic
for
> that, but in fact Americans mostly kill American males. That, at any rate,
> is what the statistics I've read would indicate.
>
> Or do you have statistics to the contrary?
>
> Mark
>
>
> At 10:45 PM 1/9/2003 +0100, you wrote:
> >I recommend by Micheal Moore: Bowling for Columbine - a film-d'essai
(just
> >watched it) in which the director is the interviewer and poses a
fundamental
> >question:
> >Why do Americans kill other Americans?
> >and maybe a little further, having read Rebecca Seifferle's last mail,
why
> >do Americans kill mainly American women?
> >For those who haven't seen it yet, here is a link of quite a good review.
> >
> >http://www.examiner.com/movies/default.jsp?story=X1018BOWLINGw
>
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