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  1. Poor doesnt necessarely mean more crime.

  2. Poor and less developed usually does. I think the US, Canada, Australia and the wealthier European nations (and some other countries) can be held to higher standards than most countries.
  3. I disagree, 4 bikes stolen in the family. 1 car packed for the holidays, 1 break in and an attempt on the next car. When I go to holidays in poorer countries, people leave their door open at night and many times when they leave. Here you will wake up in a stripped house.

    Think individualistic societies suffer much more crime than more 'family' oriented society.
  4. Originally posted by Risto:I disagree, 4 bikes stolen in the family. 1 car packed for the holidays, 1 break in and an attempt on the next car. When I go to holidays in poorer countries, people leave their door open at night and many times when they leave. Here you will wake up in a stripped house.

    Think individualistic societies suffer much more crime than more 'family' oriented society.

    Just watch the stats and see where there are more murders. Theft may be more common on our countries.
  5. Originally posted by Mr_Trek:Well... Most of the countries with worse rates are much poorer and less developed and therefore not really comparable with the US. You should be one of the countries in the top.


    They are comparable. Just because one country is poorer than another doesn't mean you can automatically hold to the dichotomy that wealthier nations can only be compared to other wealthy nations. If you can provide factual evidence to prove otherwise, then I'm wrong here.
  8. But still, many poor countries not on that list.
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  11. List may be incomplete (Russia is missing and several other countries) but perfectly follows the graph for the rest? And again, you cant equate murder (especially intentional) murder with all crime in total.
  12. Originally posted by stj0691:[..]

    God's country? We don't claim that, we're not a theocracy. At least read the Constitution of my country before you make claims like that.


    Didn't mean like a theocracy, but that the US is still seen as some sort of a new Israel by a lot of people (I'm not saying it's stated in your constitution). That's the reason a lot of catholics from England and Ireland moved there.
    But the fact is, there is no country in Western Europe where someone can't be elected if he's not a Christian. In the US a candidate has to state he's a Christian to even have a chance, which is very weird given that most Western countries are going through a process of secularization
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