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Micah 6:8 He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?
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Originally posted by Tassman View PostThere must be an awful lot of "sick people" in the US than in say, Australia where homicides are a fraction of that in the USA. Presumably Australia's very strict gun control laws played no part in this. <sarcasm>Micah 6:8 He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?
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Originally posted by Bill the Cat View PostThere are. Our gang violence far exceeds Australia's.
So does our mental health problem percentagesIt plays no part in it.
http://www.cfr.org/society-and-cultu...arisons/p29735
Originally posted by Jedidiah View PostI have to agree that it is not "sick" people who commit these atrocities, it is "evil" people who do.
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Originally posted by Tassman View PostI would suggest that the violent gang culture is the result of gross income inequity in the US...The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostI'll be in Chicago tonight!
The only thing I noticed - having done a LOT of walking - people on the street don't make eye contact. It's like... "if we don't see you, we don't have to talk to you" or something.
But, safely back in Texas!The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by sylas View PostYou do not have a problem with knives in the way you have a problem with guns. If you had weekly knife events then all the stupid comparisons being made in this thread would not be so ridiculous..
http://www.indy1500.com/
http://www.exponm.com/events/2015/nm...fe-show%282%29
http://www.bladesports.org/WP/
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Originally posted by Tassman View Posthttp://www.cfr.org/society-and-cultu...arisons/p29735
So you're saying that there are a lot more "evil people" in the highly religious US than in say, highly secular Australia where homicides are a fraction of that in the USA. Interesting! "By their fruits ye shall know them."
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Originally posted by Sparko View Postthe population density is a lot less in a Australia. it is the size of the US but only has 23 million compared to the USA's 300 million
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Originally posted by rogue06 View PostConsidering that our population is now between 320 and 321 million it is more accurate to say that we have nearly 300,000,000 more people or roughly 14 times as many people
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Originally posted by Sparko View PostMore people = more criminals and more crazy people = more crimes. Also if you put more people into a smaller area you raise the tensions quite a bit.Last edited by RumTumTugger; 02-08-2016, 01:44 PM.
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Originally posted by RumTumTugger View Postnot to mention that just the plain numbers won't give you the necessary data to really understand what is going on. You need to figure out the per capita rate after all 10% is !0% whether you are talking about 1 out of 10 2 0ut of 20 or 10 out of 100 so lets say that out of 10 people 3 of them are blue eyed but in another group of say 100 there are only 10? which has the higher per capita rate HMM? gee I wonder if Tass will get the answer right or did he flunk basic math?
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