Thread: Is today's SF too pessimistic?
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Old 03-28-2012, 01:09 PM   #127
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Originally Posted by Steven Lyle Jordan View Post
That measurement is only an indication that the U.S. is top of that list. But how many people in the U.S. experience crime or violent crime, against how many people do not? That proportion is smaller than you think, and only seems big thanks to media coverage of the bad things, not the good. The crime per capita measurement is a perfect example of using statistics to say what you want to say (the U.S. is bad), or... being pessimistic.

(So, it's not really off-topic at all.)
So... if you and I and all my friends have "experienced crime" where are the "people who have not" that you say are out there, evening up the proportioning?

I guess I'm confused.
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