In a message dated 01/25/2002 11:55:28 AM Mountain Standard Time, Dbcooper292
writes:
> violent crime in US is staggeringly higher than in Britain, the numbers for
> murders being something like thirty some hundred in Britain last year and
> 64,000 in the US. The US has extraordinary levels of crime.
Thanks Mark...are the numbers weighted for population?
I would never argue that America is the safest place in the world. To some
extent, our freedoms ....those that most Chinese do not have...actually help
to make it a better place for the bad guys as well.
I don't have the answers, but I do enjoy the discussion.
RH
"Every time I took a risk, I made sure that the research and marketing
> reports were favourable to my instincts." Lee Iacocca
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