On Sat, Nov 15, 2003 at 10:01:36AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > On Sat, 2003-11-15 at 05:08, cr wrote: > > > > That's kinda a risky argument to rely on, since if accepted it inevitably > > leads to the question - why does the US have ten times as many homicidal > > criminals per capita, than other countries? Answers in the back of an > > envelope please, addressed to the Director-General, FBI, Washington (I guess > > he'd dearly like to know...) <vbeg> > > You think the (main) reasons why the US has become a relatively > violent society over the past 45 years would fit on the back of an > envelope? Well, lets see what's on the top of my head: > - breakdown of the family > - divorce/abandonment > - fear by modern parents of damaging children's self-esteem > - parents wanting to be "friends" > - federal regs that make it financially more attractive for the > father to leave. > - excessive amounts of TV > - breakdown of public morality > - libertine-ism instead of liberty > - for *example*, the HBOization of broadcast TV > - ties in with "breakdown of the family" > - growth in use of illegal drugs, in past ~40 years > - ties into "breakdown of the family" and "breakdown of public > morality"
But these factors are not unique to the US, so they don't really answer the question of why the US should have a disproportionate number of murderers. -- Pigeon Be kind to pigeons Get my GPG key here: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x21C61F7F
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