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Re: Britain -- the land of violent crime.

From owl <owl@rooftop.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.advocacy, uk.politics.misc, alt.politics.british, alt.politics.scorched-earth;, 24hoursupport.helpdesk
Subject Re: Britain -- the land of violent crime.
Date 2013-01-13 16:07 +0000
Organization OK by me, so long as it doesn't get out of hand
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In comp.os.linux.advocacy Big Steel <"The One"@one.net> wrote:
> On 1/13/2013 10:52 AM, owl wrote:
>> bbgruff<bbgruff@yahoo.co.uk>  wrote:
>>> owl wrote:
>>>
>>>> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1196941/The-violent-country-
>>> Europe-Britain-worse-South-Africa-U-S.html
>>>> <quote>
>>>> Official crime figures show the UK also has a worse rate for all types
>>>> of violence than the U.S. and even South Africa - widely considered one
>>>> of the world's most dangerous countries.
>>>> </quote>
>>>>
>>>> What a shitty country.
>>>> And they still have that inbred "royal family."
>>>> Maybe they should bring back guns and get rid of *those* fucktards.
>>>> (I still can't believe they "suicided" that poor woman who worked
>>>> at the hospital and took the prank call).
>>>
>>> Well, speaking of guns:-
>>>
>>> http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/files/2012/12/firearm-OECD-
>>> UN-data3.jpg
>>> http://tinyurl.com/c48vufv
>>> Gives a rather dramatic picture!
>>>
>>> Your natural answer will presumably be "but they just find some other way to
>>> kill if they don't have guns", so let's look at murder rates:-
>>>
>>> http://chartsbin.com/view/1454
>>> That shows:-
>>> U.K.  1.57/100.000
>>> U.S.  5.22/100,000
>>>
>>> You see, the problem is that you are quoting from The Daily Jackboot.
>>> The quoted figures include "all violent crime".
>>> There's a hell of a lot of reported violent crime in the U.K.  Sure, we have
>>> football violence, we have pub brawls, and we even classify "verbal assault"
>>> as a violent crime.
>>> Do try to compare like-with-like, eh?
>>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> This is also interesting:
>> http://www.nationmaster.com/compare/United-Kingdom/United-States/Crime
>> <quote>
>> Crime stats: United Kingdom vs United States
>> British Crime stats  American Crime stats
>> Assault victims 2.8%              1.2%
>> Drug offences   183,419 per 100,000 people    560.1 per 100,000 people
>>
>> [WTF!  But believable!]
>>
>> Perception of safety>  Walking in dark        70%     82%
>> Rape victims  0.9%    0.4%
>> Total crime victims   26.4%   21.1%
>> </quote>
>>
> 

Thanks Big Steel.  You can handle all the crossposting boy.
I can't be bothered with it.  :)

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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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