[4Freedom]

Freedomcrusader, The Netherlands is tiny as compared to the United States. The whole country is similar in size to a state like Massachusetts and has a population of 14 million.

It's much easier for a citizen of The Netherlands to get a feel for statistics relating to their country than for a citizen of the United States to do the same.

It's comparable to residents of Northern and Midwestern states having a discussion about statistics, that have to do with illegal immigration, with a resident of a Southern border state.

Who's opinion would have the greater weight for you, there?

Don't answer that. I already know. The opinion of any Libertarian among them.

LOL!

[freedomcrusader]

a feel for statistics relating to their country than for a citizen of the United States to do the same.

A "feel" for statistics? Funny, when I took statistics in college, I don't remember disussing our feelings about them. The numbers don't change because you feel a certain way about them. What are the numbers?

You may have some insights about the numbers that I don't have, not having lived there, but the numbers don't change just because you live in one place and not in another.

Have crime rates and drug usage rates increased in the Netherlands since legalization, or haven't they? Once I know that, you can wax on at length as to why they've increased or decreased, and have much more authority than I do.

However, outside of arguments about how the numbers were generated, you do not have the authority to say that the numbers show the opposite of what they do just because you live there!