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Scotland tops list of world's most violent countries
The Times ^
| 9/19/05
| Katrina Tweedie
Posted on 09/20/2005 7:55:35 AM PDT by Valin
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To: Jaysun
Wrong!
The United Kingdom consists of several nations. Guess which?
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posted on
09/20/2005 8:07:30 AM PDT
by
ukman
To: Enterprise
Of course, there are 60 times as many people in America.
That's the proportional equivalent of 9,600 murders in five years, or 1,920 per year.
1,920 is 11% of America's 2003 murder stat of 16,500.
About 90 people are murdered on the average US weekend - not even 160, let alone a proportional 9,600.
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posted on
09/20/2005 8:07:34 AM PDT
by
wideawake
(God bless our brave troops and their Commander-in-Chief)
To: Valin
I shouldn't...
No... I can't... It's wrong... but *sob* I'm weak!
Scotland's depraved!
Chorus:
Bring me the whiskey, Mother,
I'm feeling frisky, Mother,
Bring me a sheep to keep me warm through the night;
Bring me my little brother,
He'll be my one true lover
England may rule the world, but Scotland's depraved.
Bring me my little sister,
You'll see how much I've missed her
England may rule the world, but Scotland's depraved.
Bring me the preacher's daughter,
You'll see how much I've taught her
England may rule the world, but Scotland's depraved.
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posted on
09/20/2005 8:08:45 AM PDT
by
JAWs
To: Valin
Politicians must do something about this problem.
*snort*
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posted on
09/20/2005 8:09:57 AM PDT
by
Famishus
(Riding my bicycle in the piscatorial parade.)
To: syriacus
I think the Scots and their decendents (I am not one) are among the most creative people in the world. Creativity can be used for good or bad ends. Even the Italian inventor G. Marconi had a Scotch-Irish mother.
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posted on
09/20/2005 8:10:38 AM PDT
by
syriacus
(Galloway blusters w/ such a "cute" accent. Did Germans think Hitler's Austrian accent was cute?)
To: Valin
limiting the sale of knives would at least reduce the problem...
Blaming the symptom, not addressing the root causes.See, that college education is good for something.
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posted on
09/20/2005 8:11:13 AM PDT
by
Redcitizen
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To: wideawake
"About 90 people are murdered on the average US weekend - not even 160, let alone a proportional 9,600." The study and resulting stats are erroneous. They asked a Scotsman how many people "wore kilt" over the course of a typical weekend, and he replied, "Damn near everybody, laddy!"
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posted on
09/20/2005 8:15:54 AM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum.)
To: Jaysun
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posted on
09/20/2005 8:16:43 AM PDT
by
syriacus
(Galloway blusters w/ such a "cute" accent. Did Germans think Hitler's Austrian accent was cute?)
To: Valin
"IF IT'S NOT SCO'ISH IT'S CRAP!"
To: wideawake
I didn't say we had 160 murders every weekend. But we could if we really tried hard!
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posted on
09/20/2005 8:17:20 AM PDT
by
Enterprise
(The modern Democrat Party - a toxic stew of mental illness, cultism, and organized crime.)
To: PAR35
(LITERALY) The 1st thing that popped into my head.
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posted on
09/20/2005 8:17:38 AM PDT
by
Valin
(The right to do something does not mean that doing it is right.)
To: Joe 6-pack
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posted on
09/20/2005 8:18:33 AM PDT
by
Tijeras_Slim
(Now that taglines are cool, I refuse to have one.)
To: Valin
Northern Ireland? What's going on there that makes it so safe?
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posted on
09/20/2005 8:18:58 AM PDT
by
shekkian
To: ukman; wideawake
Wrong! The United Kingdom consists of several nations. Guess which?
England, Wales, Scotland, province of Northern Ireland. I can accept the fact that this may be wrong, but it's news to me.
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posted on
09/20/2005 8:20:17 AM PDT
by
Jaysun
(Democrats: We must become more effective at fooling people.)
To: shekkian
Paramilitaries will use a power drill on your joints if you engage in crime they haven't sanctioned or ordered.
35
posted on
09/20/2005 8:22:49 AM PDT
by
ukman
To: Valin
The most amazing thing is that people think the US is the crime capital of the world.
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posted on
09/20/2005 8:25:44 AM PDT
by
VeniVidiVici
(When a Jihadist dies, an angel gets its wings)
To: Fabozz
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posted on
09/20/2005 8:28:54 AM PDT
by
sassbox
To: syriacus
New Orleans is "Murder capital of the US."
A New Orleanian is now seven times more likely to be murdered than a New Yorker. Last year, the report continues, the city had a murder rate that was nearly 10 times higher than the national average.
I've been to New Orleans several times. We worked on a Catholic facility ('Our Lady of Wisdom') to house and care for the aging in Algiers, which is New Orleans for all intents and purposes. I wasn't surprised by the rampant delinquency shown on the news during Katrina - it's their default behavior.
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posted on
09/20/2005 8:30:02 AM PDT
by
Jaysun
(Democrats: We must become more effective at fooling people.)
To: RetiredArmy
It's nea a knife, it's a dirk. Up the Bonnie Prince!
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posted on
09/20/2005 8:31:43 AM PDT
by
massgopguy
(massgopguy)
To: Enterprise
We Americans can do anything we set our minds to!
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posted on
09/20/2005 8:33:06 AM PDT
by
wideawake
(God bless our brave troops and their Commander-in-Chief)
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