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Originally Posted by Steven Lyle Jordan
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.)
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Um, I'm an American living in Belgium.
I never said the US was bad, just that the crime rate is statistically high in the United States when compared to most other nations. Especially other Western democracies. I didn't make any other judgements besides stating that fact. If anyone's interested, just google the info yourself.
Also, the only way to have a rational discussion about crime (or anything else, for that matter) is to use statistics. Saying violent crime isn't that bad in the US because I've never experienced it...isn't that kind of like saying...
"I just looked out the window and it's raining, ergo it must be raining everywhere."
This is (or was
, apologies for going
) a discussion about
Science Fiction.