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truedelphi

(32,324 posts) Sun May 31, 2015, 02:45 PM May 2015

Here are the stats for how Americans died in 2014: [View all]

Ebola -- One
Snake Bites -- Two
Rabies -- Two
ISIS -- Three

Drone Strikes -- Five
Playing Football -- Twelve
Cow attacks -- Twenty

Police attacks -- One Thousand Plus!!

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And Marijuana overdoses - Zero

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Here are the stats for how Americans died in 2014: [View all] truedelphi May 2015 OP

Thank you for perspective. k&r PufPuf23 May 2015 #1

!@#$%& merrily May 2015 #2

I eat burgers as my revenge for the people they kill every year NightWatcher May 2015 #3

Seems like a good move. Buzz Clik May 2015 #6

Me too. Well, in part, I eat them truedelphi May 2015 #7

errr... when was the last time you visited a dairy? Buzz Clik May 2015 #9

Actually yesterday. n/t truedelphi Jun 2015 #30

And you saw rolling meadows and forests with grazing wildlife and stunning species diversity? Buzz Clik Jun 2015 #32

What about disease and car accidents still_one May 2015 #4

"Police attacks"? Here's another stat: Buzz Clik May 2015 #5

does that include cops who killed each other? nt msongs May 2015 #14

Is that common? Buzz Clik May 2015 #15

So being a cop is 37x safer than being a ... pedestrian. joshcryer Jun 2015 #20

... if the number of cops and "pedestrians" are equal. Buzz Clik Jun 2015 #21

Cops can be pedestrians too. joshcryer Jun 2015 #23

Is it ever ever possible for you to discuss things using basic logic, truedelphi Jun 2015 #33

Let's see if we can do some basic logic, shall we? Buzz Clik Jun 2015 #34

Because that is not relevant to the discussion. truedelphi Jun 2015 #35

Holy shit, man. Who pissed on you pancakes? Buzz Clik Jun 2015 #36

According to the National Law Enforcement Memorial Officer Memorial Fund... Comrade Grumpy Jun 2015 #27

Damn cows! Loryn May 2015 #8

Good list, but do you have a link? cui bono May 2015 #10

Throw in nicotine and alcohol, and it reveals the extreme hypocrisy. Gregorian May 2015 #11

Cow attacks? Who would have thought that? Cleita May 2015 #12

Ever been attacked by a cow? I have. It's not pretty. NaturalHigh Jun 2015 #17

I'm sure it isn't. I have been to a bull fight and one of the matadors got gored. Cleita Jun 2015 #24

New Hampshire farmer is dead after being gored by one of his animals. dixiegrrrrl May 2015 #13

Thank all dieties Aerows May 2015 #16

Marijuana is dangerous, though. NaturalHigh Jun 2015 #18

Documentary? It was the first reality TV show. Taitertots Jun 2015 #37

I can't believe that many people have been killed by pigs- peecoolyour Jun 2015 #19

gun deaths. 32,500. auto deaths 35,500 leftyladyfrommo Jun 2015 #22

Each year, between 14,000 and 19,000 people use a gun to commit suicide. truedelphi Jun 2015 #25

400,000 die from preventable medical errors. nt leftyladyfrommo Jun 2015 #28

That is very true and very sad. truedelphi Jun 2015 #29

Deaths from tobacco - 480,000. From alcohol - 88,000. nt hack89 Jun 2015 #31

Clearly we need to start bombing to kill all the snakes underpants Jun 2015 #26