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    Thief Attempts to Steal Xbox 360, Instigates Knife Fight, Loses

    Is it really all that weird that people own pocket knives? By the reactions of some people, you'd think it was a damn machete and that this resident was just looking for an excuse to hack some limbs off.
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    Thief Attempts to Steal Xbox 360, Instigates Knife Fight, Loses

    Surrendering in this instance could have been every bit as lethal a gamble. By not fighting back, you're trusting a guy who just drew a knife on you (and stole your stuff) to be using it solely to get you to back off. Given that the resident tries to scare the thief off with his own knife and...
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    1/7000000000000 or 50/50

    Only the 1/7 billion probability is correct. 50/50 would assume that each outcome is ENTIRELY INDISTINGUISHABLE (which is only possible if there are a max of 2 people)-- if there are 7 billion people other than the friend that could die, then an outcome where the friend lives and person 1 dies...
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    1/7000000000000 or 50/50

    It's 1 in 7 billion... There are not just two outcomes... your friend can die, or your friend can live and person 1 dies, or your friend can live and person 2 dies, or your friend can live and person 3 dies, or..., or your friend can live and the (N-1)th person will die.
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