sandorski
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- Oct 10, 1999
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Originally posted by: Triumph
Originally posted by: sandorski
Originally posted by: Triumph
Originally posted by: sandorski
Originally posted by: Triumph
Originally posted by: sandorski
Originally posted by: daniel1113
Originally posted by: sandorski
The guy coming into your House. Is he there all the time? Of course the Police are not waiting for such an event, but the chances of it happening are very low. Paranoia.
Golly. I guess I'm awfully paranoid about fire, because I keep two fire extinguishers in my home even though I know the chance of my apartment bursting into flames is quite low and the fire department is just minutes away.
Fire is an entirely different issue. There are always potential sources of Fire in ones home.
Here you go with the capitalization of Common Nouns again. Since you're intent on making ridiculous arguments, how about I rebut with some actual information? From this source, the number of injuries from house fires is 5.2 injured persons per 100,000 people per year. Granted, not everyone who's house catches fire is injured, so maybe we double that number, even triple it or quadruple it, to say that maybe 20 people out of 100,000 will have a house fire. Now from this source, which even comes from Canada, your sanctuary of safety, even using the narrow definition of 'home invasion', the rate is 9.0 per 100,000 people in 2000. A broader definition results in 23 home invasions per 100,000 people.
So, I think we can agree that the odds of having your home invaded are roughly on the same order of magnitude as having a fire in your home. Why are you so paranoid about homefires, sandorski? Why do you have smoke alarms in your house?
No, we can't agree on that. There are many potential sources of Fire in your home 24/7. I suspect there are not Home Invaders in your home near as often.
I don't understand. I just gave you numbers with sources. 5.2 people per 100,000 injured per year by house fire. 9.0 people per 100,000 per year have their home invaded. But you still disagree?
Yup, those are numbers. What about them?
Ok you are completely off of your rocker. You honestly can't comprehend my point, or how these numbers relate to the discussion? You are now either trolling, or you've gone off the deep end. Which is it?
Those numbers are completely irrelevant to the discussion. So what does it matter how many Injuries occur between the 2? Could it be that possibly most people escape their Homes when there is a Fire?