"Richard Lewis" wrote in message
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"Ed Huntress" wrote:

Gunner posted a quote from some blog to the effect that the US has much
less
total crime than major European countries, based on Interpol reports. It
isn't so, which is what the discussion has been about ever since.

It is? Funny, I didn't see you quote anything to do with crime,

That's because you're a lazy dickhead, Richard. We talked about crimes and
how they can't be compared throughout that thread.

idiot....all you've argued so far was that the source quoted was
somehow wrong in your opinion.

I said they can't be compared. Apples and oranges. Isn't that what you
finally came around to acknowledging in your last message? Shall we show you
the quote?


If we're quoting crime, where are the numbers? State them once and
give their source and let's all look them over.

I already posted the links to the Interpol tables and to the FBI's UCR
stats, you lazy dickhead. Since you're retired and you have so much time on
your hands, go back in the thread, follow the links, and look
them up yourself. That is, if you're really interested.


Apples to apples, remember.

There are no apples to apples in comparing international crime stats,
dickhead. Here's what I said about it in a message earlier in this thread:

"It's well known that comparing international crime stats is a
loser, because there are a lot of differences in the way they're reported,
in the percentage of crimes actually reported to police, and even in the
definitions of some crimes."

Here's what Interpol said about it. By the way, this is the second time I've
quoted this in a message to you:

==================================

Warning: These statistics cannot be used as a basis for comparison between
different countries. They do not take into account:

national differences in the legal definitions of punishable acts

the diversity of statistical methods used

changes which may occur during the reference period affecting the data
collected.

http://www.interpol.int/Public/Stati...CS/Default.asp

===================================

The whole point here was that Gunner quoted some comparisons between
countries that he got from some blog, which were the Interpol figures. He
said they show that the US has much lower crime than the "major European
countries." I said they show no such thing, for two reasons: the US counts
fewer types of crimes than and of the other countries in that short list,
and the numbers are suspect to begin with, because of the reasons Interpol
pointed out above.

Richard, I thought you were just a sour old crank, but now I see you're
actually a lazy old derelict and a troll. You keep saying the opposite of
things you said before and claiming the opposite, you keep asking for facts
that were already posted...all the signs of a low-life troll. I'm not
surprised you're retired. I doubt if it was voluntary.

Go stroke your pistol and slap your leather, Richard. At least you'll get
your rocks off.

Ed Huntress