Δαφνη Ευτυχια Αρθουρος

"IMHO, it's a bad idea to change policy based on outliers. News is usually news because it's unusual; if it's commonplace, it isn't news but it's more likely to affect people. (News can also be news because it throws into relief a previously unrecognized larger problem.)

"Getting killed by spree shooters or terrorists is news. Dying in a car accident or in a domestic incident isn't, usually. The not-news is what we should be trying to fix, not the news."

-- FungiFromYuggoth, 2007-04-18