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Originally posted by undo
reply to post by Pardon?
those figures are based on skewed criteria:
1. we are in the process of a hostile takeover ( i think it's from your folks over there ). it's a cold war.
2. hostile takeover means massive changes to lifestyle, economy, education, quality of life,
and in this case, a few other variables, like social engineering in the form of popular media.
3. the social engineering is targeting people's view of themselves as human beings, specifically,
it's targeting their self worth, and it's negatively targeting it, so it resolves down to alot of people
having very low self esteem, no job, no hope of finding a job and literally hating the color of their
skin, their heritage and their existence. this was deliberate.
4. it's also using racial division and class envy.
5. religious division didn't work since there are so many different religions here, so they've opted to just ostracize the main religion -- protestant christianity, but only white protestant christianity. they did this by ignoring the distinction between catholcism and protestantism, by blaming protestants for the actions of the holy roman empire. this has resolved down to some protestants of one color not liking or even hating protestants of another color. massive social engineering, on a scale that would likely impress the hell out of stalin and hitler.
although i know the uk is suffering with its own self inflicted wounds, you have to multiply that by alot more people who have no real heritage beyond their recent ancestors, declining quality of life and deep emotional trauma that the press and media are continuously re-freshing with more and more insults and condemnation.
Well, the 2010 stats apparently report 130,000 knife attacks in the UK during that year (an approximation, but all of these stats are). Looking at the Bureau of Justice Statistics Criminal Victimization report for the same year, approximately 337,960 gun attacks (I am presuming that both numbers include rapes/sexual assaults, robberies, and simple assaults, which appears to be the case at first glance). As the population of the UK is listed as approximately 62,641,000 and the USA is 311,591,517, we get approximately .0021 knife attacks per capita in the UK and .0011 knife attacks per capita in the USA. Assuming the veracity of all these numbers, then it would be true to say that there are more knife attacks per capita in the UK than gun attacks in the US.
2000 1 June: Real IRA bomb explodes on Hammersmith Bridge, London 2000 20 September: Real IRA fired a RPG at the MI6 HQ in London SIS Building 2001 4 March: The Real IRA detonate a car bomb outside the BBC's main news centre in London. One London Underground worker suffered deep cuts to his eye from flying glass and some damage was caused to the front of the building.[15] (See 4 March 2001 BBC bombing) 2001 16 April: Hendon post office bombed by the Real IRA. 2001 6 May: The Real IRA detonate a bomb in a London postal sorting office. One person was injured.[16] 2001 3 August: A Real IRA Bomb in Britain explodes in Ealing, West London, injuring seven people.[17] (See 3 August 2001 Ealing bombing) 2001 4 November: Real IRA car bomb explodes in Birmingham[18] 2005 7 July: The 7 July 2005 London bombings conducted by four separate Islamist extremist suicide bombers, killing 56 people and injuring 700. 2007 January - February: The 2007 United Kingdom letter bombs 2007 30 June: 2007 Glasgow International Airport attack perpetrated by Islamist extremists. 2008 22 May: 22 May 2008 Exeter bombing by an Islamist extremist, injuring only the perpetrator.
Originally posted by undo
pardon
i agree that it doesn't forgive the numbers, merely explains the differences. if we were currently in a healthy social and political environment, these things would not be reported with as much frequency or severity. it's akin to taking a death count in a country undergoing a civil cold war, and then comparing it to a country which is mostly at peace (if you can call it that).
it's not realistic to suggest our guns caused the increase since we've had them all along. it is realistic to suggest our social, economic and political environment is causing the increase, however.
Originally posted by timetothink
reply to post by Pardon?
And it is it moot......gun bans do not end the violence, that us the point. Criminals will always find a way.
Whether it be bombs, knives, poison in aspirin....you name it.