Bowling for Columbine
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1:12:02
- Why do you think
we have so many, uh...

1:12:05
gun murders in America?
- Uh...

1:12:07
I have no idea. People must hate
each other or something.

1:12:11
- Oh, you mean Canadians don't
hate each other?

1:12:13
- Well, we do but we don't go to
the point of shooting somebody

1:12:16
just to get revenge.
- What do you do?

1:12:19
- I don't know.
Tease them, maybe.

1:12:21
Make fun of them, ridicule them.
- Throw eggs at them.

1:12:25
- How many gun murders
in Sarnia this year?

1:12:28
- None.
- Last year?

1:12:30
- I believe we had one,
at the time.

1:12:32
- The year before that?
1:12:34
- I can't recall what we had
in the way of--

1:12:36
- Maybe one in the last
three years?

1:12:38
- Probably, yes.
- Mm-hm.

1:12:40
- Very low. Very low
for this city.

1:12:44
- Well, of course,
there's no murders here

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because there's only
70,000 people

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and it's the kissing
capital of the world.

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So I went down the river
to another Canadian city

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that was five times
as large as Sarnia:

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Windsor, Ontario, just across
the river from Detroit.

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I was sure there'd be
more murders in Windsor.

1:13:02
Ever hear of anyone being shot
by a gun in Windsor?

1:13:05
- No. No.
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- You remember any murders here?
1:13:09
- Uh, there was one
a long time ago. Probably--

1:13:13
- How long ago?
- Oh...

1:13:16
- In your lifetime?
- In my lifetime,

1:13:18
probably around 15, 20 years
ago, there was one murder.

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- In fact, this Windsor
policeman told me

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that the only gun murder
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he could recall in Windsor
in the last three years

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was committed by a guy
from Detroit,

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who had a stolen gun
from Minnesota.

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With nearly 400,000 people
in the Windsor area,

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there were simply no Canadians
shooting other Canadians.

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I thought it might be time
1:13:43
for some fun facts
about Canada.

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I hit the streets of New York
to find out what

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the average American thought
about our friendly neighbour

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to the north.
1:13:53
- Canadians don't watch as much
violent movies as Americans do.


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