In my opinion this is just murder.

[Wezil]

I heard this yesterday. I was going to start a thread but I didn't want to pick on Texas again.

From the tape it is obvious the guy is in trouble. The 911 operator spent considerable effort trying to convince the guy not to do it.

[SlowwHand]

It's not Texas, Wezil. That's the ****ing point.
Piss on this. I don't need the aggravation of listening to idiots.

[Wezil]

Originally posted by SlowwHand
It's not Texas, Wezil. That's the ****ing point.

I apologize if I've slandered your fine state. I can't get Oedin's link to actually open. I'm in my purgatory office today so I'll do some looking when I get there. If I'm wrong I shall make amends.

[Wezil]

My searching indicates this happened in Pasadena, Texas (Harris County).

Have you guys kicked them out of the State Sloww?

[SlowwHand]

So if a Canadian does something stupid, Canadians as a group are stupid?
Because Oerdin is a dumb****, all Californians are dumb****s?

That's ignorant.

[Dinner]

Sloww stop being stupid. I didn't even say Texans were stupid. (That goes without saying )

[Patroklos]

Crime Rates (per 100K)

Murder:

NYC = 7.3
Texas = 5.9

http://www.disastercenter.com/crime/txcrime.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_New_York_City

Interesting that Texas gets so much disproportionate attention

[SlowwHand]

Go to hell, Oerdin. You're the stupid one. Slanderous ****er.

[Dinner]

Gee, you mean a densely populated urban center has a higher crime rate then an entire state which is mostly rural areas doted with a few cities? Who would have thought?

[Lorizael]

Sloww, get off the computer, take a walk, make yourself some tea, take a nap, read a good book, and then come back here. You really need to calm down. Don't let yourself get so riled up so quickly. It only encourages the trolls.

[Dinner]

Sloww is off his meds!

[Ben Kenobi]

Interesting that Texas gets so much disproportionate attention

Indeed.

Plus there are 24 million people in Texas, roughly the same number as in the greater metro area in New York. So by all accounts, we ought to hear about the crime in New York just as often as that in Texas.

As for all Texans being rural people,

I take it you've never been to Dallas or Houston Oerdin.

[Dinner]

Reread what I wrote, dummy. I said "an entire state which is mostly rural areas doted with a few cities". Yes, there are cities even big cities but look at an average population density map and you'll see much of Texas is fairly empty.

[Ben Kenobi]

Reread what I wrote, dummy. I said "an entire state which is mostly rural areas doted with a few cities". Yes, there are cities even big cities but look at an average population density map and you'll see much of Texas is fairly empty.

Yes, but you still have around 24 million people in Texas. If what you say is true that means the majority of Texans live in cities, and are not rural people. If you saw an even distribution then yes you could say the average Texan lived in rural areas.

[Lorizael]

Originally posted by Patroklos
Interesting that Texas gets so much disproportionate attention

I believe this initial assumption is wrong, which renders all the arguments that follow moot. I think Texas gets more press for its death penalty stuff than for its general crime rate. I hear about bad **** happening in New York City plenty.