Tweet
Crime isn't rising,therefore it's not a problem Laz?
-
www.my-piano.blogspot -
That's a peculiar conclusion to draw, Solly.The genesis of the "evil Finn" concept- Evil, evil FinlandComment
-
WhoTF is Ghandi?Originally posted by DinoDoc
I bet he even admires Ghandi, Pekka.THEY!!111 OMG WTF LOL LET DA NOMADS AND TEH S3D3NTARY PEOPLA BOTH MAEK BITER AXP3REINCES
AND TEH GRAAT SINS OF THERE [DOCTRINAL] INOVATIONS BQU3ATH3D SMAL
AND!!1!11!!! LOL JUST IN CAES A DISPUTANT CALS U 2 DISPUT3 ABOUT THEYRE CLAMES
DO NOT THAN DISPUT3 ON THEM 3XCAPT BY WAY OF AN 3XTARNAL DISPUTA!!!!11!! WTFComment
-
Don't blame statistics.Originally posted by SlowwHand
Statistics in general. I'm not a fan of statistics.
I can just imagine, "20% of murderers don't wear socks.
We can drop crime by 20% by simply making socks mandatory."
Statistics are tools. Like any tool, they need to be used wisely.
The problem is that many people, once they get ahold of some statistics, turn their brains off.Comment
-
Originally posted by SlowwHand
Statistics in general. I'm not a fan of statistics.
I can just imagine, "20% of murderers don't wear socks.
We can drop crime by 20% by simply making socks mandatory."
you dont like statistics because of policy decisions made based on statistics. you dont like logical fallacies instead of statistics.
"I hope I get to punch you in the face one day" - MRT144, Imran Siddiqui
'I'm fairly certain that a ban on me punching you in the face is not a "right" worth respecting." - loinburgerComment
-
It's what my techmology spell checker came up with.Originally posted by LordShiva
WhoTF is Ghandi?I make no bones about my moral support for [terrorist] organizations. - chegitz guevara
For those who aspire to live in a high cost, high tax, big government place, our nation and the world offers plenty of options. Vermont, Canada and Venezuela all offer you the opportunity to live in the socialist, big government paradise you long for. –Senator RubioComment
-
It seemed the general gist of your posts.Originally posted by Lazarus and the Gimp
That's a peculiar conclusion to draw, Solly.www.my-piano.blogspotComment
-
The general gist of his posts was that the Times and Conservatives were misrepresenting the crime figures.Jon Miller: MikeH speaks the truth
Jon Miller: MikeH is a shockingly revolting dolt and a masturbatory urine-reeking sideshow freak whose word is as valuable as an aging cow paddy.
We've got both kindsComment
-
Crime is a social problem whether the rates of it occurring are rising, falling, or static. However, making use of BCS stats out of context and without explanation in order to support an argument that crime rates are increasing is pretty shabby, wouldn't you agree?The genesis of the "evil Finn" concept- Evil, evil FinlandComment
-
You know. With all the cop shows on television and sensationalist reporting of violent crime, even thought most countries' crime rate is steady or falling, makes me wonder if the people doing it aren't trying to get ridiculously authoritarian laws introduced.Only feebs vote.Comment
-
like the recent move to increase the time terror suspects can be held without charge (after an attempt to do the same just two years ago was defeated), you mean? :/"The Christian way has not been tried and found wanting, it has been found to be hard and left untried" - GK Chesterton.
"The most obvious predicition about the future is that it will be mostly like the past" - Alain de BottonComment
-
or ID cards, maybe?"The Christian way has not been tried and found wanting, it has been found to be hard and left untried" - GK Chesterton.
"The most obvious predicition about the future is that it will be mostly like the past" - Alain de BottonComment
-
although they're both examples of the government using people's fear of terrorism to introduce ridiculously authoritarian laws, rather than the fear of crime. still the same principle though."The Christian way has not been tried and found wanting, it has been found to be hard and left untried" - GK Chesterton.
"The most obvious predicition about the future is that it will be mostly like the past" - Alain de BottonComment
-
Without making judgement on the issue itself: Crime statistics are very unpredictable, everyone knows that. You'll never be sure if the rise or fall of the figures are a result of a drop or increase of criminal offences one hand or a rise or fall in the percentage of actual crimes reported to the police on the other.
If a gun goes of in the forest and there's no one there hear it, is it really making a sound?Comment
-
It reminds me of that Michael Moore film where he has those clips of newsreaders describing the suspect, and notes that it looks very much like the same black guy is terrorizing the entire United States.
Crime is in many ways the price we pay for living in a free society. Extending prison sentences doesn't seem to work well (the US has ridiculous sentences and a high crime rate). The right seems to think that telling criminals to "JUST BEHAVE" and "STOP BEING SO IRRESPONSIBLE" is going to work. At least that seems the substance of their policies on crime.Only feebs vote.Comment
Comment