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| From | owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.advocacy |
| Subject | Re: Britain -- the land of violent crime. |
| Date | 2013-01-14 00:20 +0000 |
| Organization | ok by me, so long as it doesn't get out of hand |
| Message-ID | <eyr73.430@rooftop.invalid> (permalink) |
| References | <en93.p3@rooftop.invalid> <alg14eFc37mU1@mid.individual.net> <e.3r3@rooftop.invalid> <alg7j7Fdko6U1@mid.individual.net> |
bbgruff <bbgruff@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > owl wrote: > > You see, the problem is that you are ignoring the fact that murders are > > predominantly an inner-city gang-related problem in the US, and much > > more tied to centers of high population density. I came across a stat > > the other day that observed iirc that US has about 180 cities with a > > population greater than 200,000, while UK has only about 50 at that level. > Huh? > Perhaps you are missing the point that the population of the U.S. is about > 312 Million compared with less than 63 Million in the UK. > Thus, with large cities in the ratio 180:50, the U.K. has more large cities > (almost twice as many) per Million population. > The U.K. also has a land area of about 1/40th that of the U.S. > We are FAR more urbanised than you are. and have a population density which > is about 8 times yours. Judging by your mixed-up reasoning, you seem not to know what a city is. > I think your argument and conclusion are back-to-front! > Also, the site you quote shows:- > Drug offences > UK 183,419 per 100,000 people > US 560.1 per 100,000 people > There's a very simple explanation for this - that UK figure is the *TOTAL* > number of drug offences over the entire population of 62 Million! Yeah right. Sure it is. > The comparable number is therefore really about 291/100,000 > Even I know that we don't have two drug offences per year for every man, > woman, child and newborn baby in the UK! > Also, I don't know about the U.S., but even those UK figures are *NOT* > sentencing figures. > Last year, we had 42,000 sentences for drug posession, but over 160,000 > recorded "warnings" for cannabis posession. Again, it depends on your > definition of "offence", and exactly what you are counting. > Do you never think to check, or use a little intelligence with figures? Britain seems to have a major drug problem.
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Britain -- the land of violent crime. owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2013-01-13 13:44 +0000
LOL! You are being lead around by your nose! You are too ridiculous! :) Big Steel <"The One"@One.net> - 2013-01-13 08:49 -0500
Re: LOL! You are being lead around by your nose! You are too ridiculous! :) owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2013-01-13 13:54 +0000
America still the murder capital of the world 7 <email_at_www_at_enemygadgets_dot_com@enemygadgets.com> - 2013-01-13 14:03 +0000
Re: America still the murder capital of the world owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2013-01-13 14:10 +0000
Re: Britain -- the land of violent crime. bbgruff <bbgruff@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-01-13 15:11 +0000
Re: Britain -- the land of violent crime. owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2013-01-13 15:52 +0000
Re: Britain -- the land of violent crime. Big Steel <"The One"@One.net> - 2013-01-13 10:58 -0500
Re: Britain -- the land of violent crime. owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2013-01-13 16:07 +0000
Diaper Rash Owl, I am sure your drugs have you confused again. Big Steel <"The One"@One.net> - 2013-01-13 11:10 -0500
Re: Britain -- the land of violent crime. flatfish+++ <phlatphish@yahoo.com> - 2013-01-13 11:12 -0500
Re: Britain -- the land of violent crime. George <hpt@invalid.invalid> - 2013-01-13 09:37 -0700
Re: Britain -- the land of violent crime. flatfish+++ <phlatphish@yahoo.com> - 2013-01-13 11:43 -0500
Re: Britain -- the land of violent crime. "Cola Zealot" <Cola_Zealot@fuckoff.com> - 2013-01-13 19:28 +0100
Re: Britain -- the land of violent crime. flatfish+++ <phlatphish@yahoo.com> - 2013-01-13 13:29 -0500
Re: Britain -- the land of violent crime. bbgruff <bbgruff@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-01-13 17:01 +0000
Re: Britain -- the land of violent crime. "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2013-01-13 12:36 -0500
Re: Britain -- the land of violent crime. bbgruff <bbgruff@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-01-13 23:25 +0000
Re: Britain -- the land of violent crime. owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2013-01-14 00:51 +0000
Re: Britain -- the land of violent crime. "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2013-01-14 13:40 -0500
Re: Britain -- the land of violent crime. owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2013-01-14 00:20 +0000
Re: Britain -- the land of violent crime. bbgruff <bbgruff@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-01-14 00:31 +0000
Re: Britain -- the land of violent crime. spike1@freenet.co.uk - 2013-01-13 16:42 +0000
Re: Britain -- the land of violent crime. "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2013-01-13 13:03 -0500
Re: Britain -- the land of violent crime. chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2013-01-15 08:29 -0600
Re: Britain -- the land of violent crime. Big Steel <"The One"@One.net> - 2013-01-13 10:18 -0500
Re: Britain -- the land of violent crime. "Mr Pounder" <MrPounder@RationalThought.com> - 2013-01-13 19:18 +0000
Re: Britain -- the land of violent crime. Big Steel <"The One77"@One77.net> - 2013-01-13 14:26 -0500
Re: Britain -- the land of violent crime. "Mr Pounder" <MrPounder@RationalThought.com> - 2013-01-13 20:13 +0000
Hi Mr. Pounder!:) No no ho, it's not going to work Mr. Pounder the Chicago City Dump is where a sociopath as the Chicago City dump creature (you) belongs. :) You can't change your spots on your hairy nasty back. :) Big Steel <"The One77"@One77.net> - 2013-01-13 15:18 -0500
Mr. Pounder your ass we know what part of your body you are pounding, huh? :) Big Steel <"The One77"@One77.net> - 2013-01-13 14:29 -0500
Yeah you had better pound the Chicago City Dump -- Chicago's City Dump creature. :) Big Steel <"The One77"@One77.net> - 2013-01-13 14:35 -0500
Re: Britain -- the land of violent crime. chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2013-01-15 08:04 -0600
Re: Britain -- the land of violent crime. Big Steel <"The OneOOOOwee"@OneOOOOweee.net> - 2013-01-15 09:21 -0500
Re: Britain -- the land of violent crime. DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2013-01-15 10:14 -0500
Re: Britain -- the land of violent crime. owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2013-01-16 00:55 +0000
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