The Science of Crime

[alias_sqbr]

Via patternsofchaos, Australian crime not soaring: report.

But as An Onymous Lefty points out(*) the comments consist almost entirely of people saying "Well then the numbers are wrong!". Guh. (I didn't notice because I find it's better to pretend news articles don't have comments, they're so reliably rage inducing)

(*)found via Hoyden About Town

Comments

[awils1.livejournal.com]

<snerk>“Oh, people can come up with statistics to prove anything, Kent. 14% of people know that.”

The wisdom of Homer Simpson strikes again. </snerk>

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Huh, I always herd that as "forfteen" (ie a made up number)