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By Joshua Greenman

Sunday, October 9, 2005

Former education secretary Bill Bennett, on his radio show "Morning in America," Sept. 28 :

" If you wanted to reduce crime, you could -- if that were your sole purpose -- you could abort every black baby in this country, and your crime rate would go down. That would be an impossible, ridiculous and morally reprehensible thing to do, but your crime rate would go down. So these far-out, these far-reaching, extensive extrapolations are, I think, tricky ."

Bill Bennett, in a posting on his Web site, Sept. 30 :

"A thought experiment about public policy, on national

radio, should not have received the condemnations it has."

For the Sake of (Circular) Argument

If: Talk show hosts never made outlandish arguments

Then: Fewer people would listen to radio

If: Fewer people listen to the radio

Then : Drivers will be less distracted

If: Drivers are less distracted

Then: Car accidents will decline

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