I needed a good chuckle today. Thanks!Great deal of BS, posturing, misrepresentation and misdirection in this Lift Every Voice statement.
He did not. What he said was in response to the state's "evidence" of a report they submitted. He used the same study to show them where it said, itself, that their report was inconclusive of any impact (page 4(?) of the detailed stats, IIRC). The summary blurb on page one "could be" read that it "saves lives", but the data and researchers conclusions did not support that... from their own submitted "evidence".I swear I saw something yesterday from the good Rev. No-Nutz where he claimed that the 'judge from Harney County' admitted that the measure would save 5 lives a year.
I wish I could remember where i saw that. I don't recall Radicchio ever making that claim, or even how it could be quantified.
It would be like someone claiming 'if we outlawed liquor there would be 5 less traffic deaths a year'
One of Saint Raschio's comments was along the lines of... "even if I accepted that 4 lives may be saved... that number is so small as to be inconsequential for the purpose of ruling against the constitutional rights of all Oregonians" [paraphrasing]
They are simply grasping at twisty straws.