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Originally Posted by piece-itpete
Do you believe that? (that our homicide rate is the highest among developed democratic nations)
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It's not a matter of belief but of fact, something the Right has a certain amount of difficulty with.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of..._homicide_rate
The only developed country (but not a democratic one) with a higher homicide rate than ours is Russia. You know, that place all us Lefties want to move to.
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If we don't need the bases, and the money goes into their local economy...
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You mean what our personnel spend? That's not aid money. Plus, if you were to ask in some place like Okinawa (or even US territory like Guam) whether that "boost to the local economy" was worth the social and financial costs of having our bases in their countries, you would definitely like the answer.
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'tis a sticky wicket. Very difficult to talk about crime in a race charged atmosphere.
Pete
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Especially when one party to the discussion (not you, Pete) skews the data to further charge the atmosphere.
John