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Originally Posted by anamardoll
Did you just dismiss numerical evidence in favor of anecdata? 
I think almost everyone I know has "experienced crime". |
Nope: I simply challenged which set of data points was being used to make the point. In data presentation, spin is everything, and anecdata is used to make things seem worse, too.
I've experienced crime, too. I've never been raped or attacked as an adult (I'm also a 6'-2" African-American male), but I've been robbed more than once and involved in 3 car accidents.
However, these have been very isolated incidents; and in all cases, although the actions of the police may not have made things much better, they did not make them any worse. Overall, I count my life as a series of overall-positive experiences, even with the negatives I've experienced. Raw statistics would back that up.
As you say: It's all relative.