I haven't seen the numbers, but if you compare the crime rates...particularly crimes that resulted in death, I would be willing to bet that we here in the US lead the way.
-----Original Message----- From: Sam [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2010 5:36 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: We've lost the war on Terror. He obviously never saw Quadrafinia :P . On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 5:10 PM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: > > uhh...I think gang warfare does happen in the UK. > Crime has increased tremendously recently and the police are struggling to > get a handle on it in many areas. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gangs_in_the_United_Kingdom > > And here's another sad development: > http://bit.ly/9sUnJ5 > > > > On 20 November 2010 14:54, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Lets see they lack the freedom to be shot by some psycho who's pissed >> off at losing a job, as happens almost every 2 or 3 weeks in the US. I >> think that its happened what twice in over a decade in the UK. lets >> add in all the random shootings that happen in the US or the gang >> warfare in quite a few US cities. That does not happen in the UK. >> >> Then there's the freedom to die because you cannot afford health care. >> While I do not like the model of the National Health system the UK >> uses, proportionately more receive good health care than in the US and >> without being bankrupted by the process. >> >> Freedom to not to travel. The US forbids travel to Cuba. There are >> multiple flights from London's Gatwick or Heathrow airports to >> Havana. And the Virgin Atlantic flights are cheaper than flying to >> Washington Dulles. >> >> I could go on about this. But frankly the bs about American >> exceptionalism really does get tiresome. >> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:332047 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
