Why are Oilers fans so murderous? [Note: liberal arts degrees --> higher murder rate]

[Flubber]

Re: Why are Oilers fans so murderous? [Note: liberal arts degrees --> higher murder rate]

Originally posted by Asher
Murder rate per 100,000 people in 2004:

Calgary 1.91
Edmonton 3.39

The only reasonable explanation is Calgary's degrees are mostly science/engineering and Edmonton's are mostly artsy.

hmm I would have thought having to live in Edmomton itself would explain it.

I mean . . . if you had to live in Edmonton, wouldn't you want to kill someone -- although this would probably be a better explanation if Edmonton has a higher suicide rate

[Asher]

Originally posted by Ninot
Montreal: 1.73

We aren't the murderous hell hole Calgary is

It's all of the eastern bums and creeps...

[Asher]

Re: Re: Why are Oilers fans so murderous? [Note: liberal arts degrees --> higher murd

Originally posted by Flubber
hmm I would have thought having to live in Edmomton itself would explain it.

I mean . . . if you had to live in Edmonton, wouldn't you want to kill someone -- although this would probably be a better explanation if Edmonton has a higher suicide rate

Suicide rate (1999):

Edmonton: 15.7 per 100,000
Calgary: 13.2 per 100,000
Quebec (province-wide): 19 per 100,000

But the "completed suicide rate" is 80% higher in Edmonton than the rest of Alberta(!): http://www.capitalhealth.ca/NewsAndE...day_season.htm

http://www.med.ualberta.ca/news-publications/article.cfm?id=3

EDMONTON - Researchers have known for a long time that suicide rates in Edmonton are consistently higher than in Calgary. In some years, the rate is almost double. Now, a University of Alberta professor has compared attempted suicide rates in the two cities and found similar patterns.

[Flubber]

Re: Re: Re: Why are Oilers fans so murderous? [Note: liberal arts degrees --> higher murd

Originally posted by Asher

Suicide rate (1999):

Edmonton: 15.7 per 100,000
Calgary: 13.2 per 100,000

But the "completed suicide rate" is 80% higher in Edmonton than the rest of Alberta(!): [url]

THats just because the Edmonton folks want to die so very very badly

[Kropotkin]

Originally posted by Elok
Where are these places? Canada? Canadians aren't people. Your statistics are inherently flawed.

You know, you can make statistics with fruit flies as well...

[Kuciwalker]

[Elok]

Yes, but he said deaths per 100K people. That implies that the deaths were of people, or at least that there were 100K or more American tourists or other humans in the area. At the very least it's misleading.

[notyoueither]

Nice try.

[Asher]

While those statistics are laughably bad (and definitely explain the Edmontonians' brutish behaviour during the Oilers cup run compared to Calgary), I don't see why you are laughing.

Your city is one of the worst in Canada, and it's way worse than Calgary.

Why is it inferior?

1) Tons of liberal arts people
2) Corresponding lack of intelligent people
3) Terrible hockey team --> frustrations
4) Lack of attractive people --> sexual frustrations

[KrazyHorse]

[notyoueither]

Originally posted by Asher
While those statistics are laughably bad (and definitely explain the Edmontonians' brutish behaviour during the Oilers cup run compared to Calgary), I don't see why you are laughing.

Your city is one of the worst in Canada, and it's way worse than Calgary.

Why is it inferior?

1) Tons of liberal arts people
2) Corresponding lack of intelligent people
3) Terrible hockey team --> frustrations
4) Lack of attractive people --> sexual frustrations

I gather you are still over-compensating for having a trade school as an alma mater.

[Asher]

Is that seriously your response? Weak.

If you're trying to be insulting, you should really pick a better time to mock my school of choice considering I just landed a sweet job.

[notyoueither]

I'm not going to expend much effort on this.

As to who is trying to be insulting...

[Ninot]

Yeah, you started this round Asher, totally.

Btw, I'm going drinking tonight. As my town has a lower murder per 100k ratio than Calgary, I am pleased I will be very safe.

[Asher]

The problem is I started it, and nye is too limp to reply with anything of substance.