On Wednesday 03 Oct 2007 12:23 pm, ashok _ wrote:
> You mean "statistically" safe....?
>
> If you live in a city with a high rate of violent muggings, you would
> probably feel safer if you got mugged once, since you are now a
> statistic, and your chances of getting mugged again are
> "statistically" lower.
>
> Of course, you could always take up mugging yourself, and turn other
> people into statistical numbers.....

Hmm - you are clubbing terrorism and other city crimes. Why not include road 
accidents as well - say hit and run, drunken driving and the like. That would 
once again tilt the India vs US statistics equation my way and make it even 
more meaningless.

shiv

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