What have we come to? - Page 3

10-01-09, 09:44 AM

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100 years ago these teens would have been slaves working on a farm.

So is that history problems or counting problems you have?

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Indeed it is a bit of both, but more of the spread of information than rise in violence.

So levels of crime is down, murder is down, violent crime is down and assault is down.
Yep its definately violence increasing.

AVGWarhawk · 10-01-09, 09:46 AM

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So levels of crime is down, murder is down, violent crime is down and assault is down.
Yep its definately violence increasing.

What town do you live in?

antikristuseke · 10-01-09, 09:47 AM

Pretty much, as Dara O'Briain put it on Mock the Week: "Crime rate is down, but the fear of crime is an an all time high. Who cares that the fear of crime is high, the fear of zombies is at an all time high but the rate of zombies is low" or something along those lines

AVGWarhawk · 10-01-09, 09:53 AM

Now I have to contend with zombies? Damn it. Cancel the mall trip.

August · 10-01-09, 09:57 AM

There's also a lot more people around. Even if the homicide rate remained unchanged if you double the amount of people you double the number of homicides.

10-01-09, 10:30 AM

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There's also a lot more people around. Even if the homicide rate remained unchanged if you double the amount of people you double the number of homicides.

But since any meaningful measure is done on a per capita basis thats a nonsense statement.

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What town do you live in?

The figures are from the US since the topic is crime in the US.
And since its the US and people are making statements about heads stuck in the sand.
67% of Americans think crime has increased when it has decreased.

SteamWake · 10-01-09, 11:12 AM

Arent we a more educated, kinder, generation?

Yup crap like this happens every day.

http://www.foxnews.com/video2/video0...w.foxnews.com/

August · 10-01-09, 11:26 AM

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But since any meaningful measure is done on a per capita basis thats a nonsense statement.

Don't be an ass. We're talking about how often it's mentioned in the news.
WTH does per capita have to do with that?

10-01-09, 11:41 AM

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Yup crap like this happens every day.

Women attacking law officers who intervene in a fight.
That sounds so Dickensian, are you sure Fox didn't just lift the story from a 19th century news sheet?

SteamWake · 10-01-09, 11:51 AM

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Women attacking law officers who intervene in a fight.
That sounds so Dickensian, are you sure Fox didn't just lift the story from a 19th century news sheet?

(Checks watch) Yup pretty sure.

Cant recall hearing "Gaurdy Loo" recently either.

10-01-09, 03:41 PM

Another boy beaten: 'Blood was all over street'

A 14-year-old boy was chased down a street in the Edgewater neighborhood this morning and hit with a pipe, fracturing his skull, according to police and witnesses.

"He was covered in blood. Blood was all over the street," said the woman who called police to the scene. "It was all over his face, arms and coming down the back of his head."

http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2...edgewater.html

10-01-09, 05:38 PM

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Another boy beaten

Wow in one of the most densely populated cities in the country they manage to report .....Last week we had to endure the erasing of life. And this week, 3 people in Edgewater beat up a 14-year old.
Thats amazing , two stories in a week in a city of nearly 3 million.

Aramike · 10-01-09, 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Tribesman

Wow in one of the most densely populated cities in the country they manage to report .....Last week we had to endure the erasing of life. And this week, 3 people in Edgewater beat up a 14-year old.
Thats amazing , two stories in a week in a city of nearly 3 million.

Only really a minor story.

Now imagine that if it involved US troops and was in Baghdad during the Bush years...

MothBalls · 10-02-09, 01:28 AM

Just another headline, another statistic, another victim.

Years ago I wanted to take my daughter to Europe. My (now ex) wife didn't think it was safe for her to go there. Next day I asked her to meet me for lunch. I took her to the library, and randomly picked 5 newspapers from major cities in the US. Showed her headlines, murder, rape, kidnapping, beatings.... just a random sample of one days news.

Then I asked here "Instead of Europe, can I take her to one of these safer cities in the US?"

<breaks out a stopwatch> Counting the number of seconds that will pass before CB comes in and blames Obama.

10-01-09, 09:53 AM	#34
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,303 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Now I have to contend with zombies? Damn it. Cancel the mall trip. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

10-01-09, 09:57 AM	#35
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,248 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	There's also a lot more people around. Even if the homicide rate remained unchanged if you double the amount of people you double the number of homicides. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

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SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Arent we a more educated, kinder, generation? Yup crap like this happens every day. http://www.foxnews.com/video2/video0...w.foxnews.com/ __________________ Follow the progress of Mr. Mulligan : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=147648

10-01-09, 09:47 AM	#33
antikristuseke Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Estland Posts: 4,330 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Pretty much, as Dara O'Briain put it on Mock the Week: "Crime rate is down, but the fear of crime is an an all time high. Who cares that the fear of crime is high, the fear of zombies is at an all time high but the rate of zombies is low" or something along those lines

10-01-09, 03:41 PM	#41
CastleBravo Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Another boy beaten: 'Blood was all over street' A 14-year-old boy was chased down a street in the Edgewater neighborhood this morning and hit with a pipe, fracturing his skull, according to police and witnesses. "He was covered in blood. Blood was all over the street," said the woman who called police to the scene. "It was all over his face, arms and coming down the back of his head." http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2...edgewater.html

10-02-09, 01:28 AM	#44
MothBalls Ace of the Deep Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,012 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	Just another headline, another statistic, another victim. Years ago I wanted to take my daughter to Europe. My (now ex) wife didn't think it was safe for her to go there. Next day I asked her to meet me for lunch. I took her to the library, and randomly picked 5 newspapers from major cities in the US. Showed her headlines, murder, rape, kidnapping, beatings.... just a random sample of one days news. Then I asked here "Instead of Europe, can I take her to one of these safer cities in the US?" <breaks out a stopwatch> Counting the number of seconds that will pass before CB comes in and blames Obama.