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Re: Rail + Safety Records

Subject: Re: Rail + Safety Records
From: billboltonREMOVE-TO-EMAIL@computer.org (Bill Bolton)
Date: Sat, 04 Dec 1999 07:43:05 +1100
Newsgroups: aus.rail
Organization: Telstra BigPond Internet Services (http://www.bigpond.com)
References: <3845A1BC.BCBC61A0@primus.com.au> <3846D188.6E40@mail.dec.com> <gPO14.1737$gb7.27118@ozemail.com.au>
Reply-To: billboltonREMOVE-TO-EMAIL@computer.org (Bill Bolton)

"trendy rechauffé" <trendy_rechauffe@start.com.au> wrote:

> Only motorcycles have a worse safety record than aircraft.

That is a silly and useless comparision.  You aren't compariing
similar classes if items.  You can't subdivide the class of "road
vehicles" (into motorcycles and others) and without finding a
similarly valid class division in the total class of "aircraft" to
compare it to.

Cheers,

Bill

References:
- Re: Rail + Safety Records
  - From: dave pierson <pierson@mail.dec.com>
- Re: Rail + Safety Records
  - From: "trendy rechauffé" <trendy_rechauffe@start.com.au>

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