It just keeps getting worse?
One of my pet peeves is a certain kind of lie that I often see in the
MSM, which certain people justify as being good for us even if it is
untrue. Biur Chametz blogs about
one of them:
Myth I: It just keeps getting worse
You hear this every
time there's a major traffic accident. "It just keeps getting worse,
doesn't it? Every year more people are killed!"
Fortunately, this myth is easily dispelled. Annual traffic fatalities are not on an upward trend; far from it.
Anyone care to guess in which year the most Israelis were killed in traffic accidents?
This is the kind of reporting (with easy-to-understand charts, etc.)
that I'd like to see from the MSM, but don't. Good thing we have blogs!
Now, Mr. Biur*, I'd like to see a similar analysis comparing Israel to
countries around the world. As I understand, the chance of dying in a
car accident in the US is higher than in Israel (yes, number of miles
driven is also higher, but usually you see this complaint in the context of how dangerous Israel is, so this is the relevant figure) - a little known fact.
*Zman Biur means "time of burning" in Hebrew, zman bi`ur (זמן ביעור) in
the orthography of this blog. It refers to the burning of
Hame
s (חמץ) - Chametz in Mr. Biur's orthograhpy - unleavened bread, which is done before Passover. Metaphorically, bi`ur
hame
s signifies the getting rid of unneeded things which get in the way of holiness.
Posted by David Boxenhorn at September 18, 2005 02:27 PM
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