I must have originally missed this post on-list. It
was posted on-list and I will respond in kind.
Statistics aside, Charlie's logic is a little suspect
because the his precious statistics are not based on
how many cars there are but how many CAR THEFTS per
100,000 units of population expressed as a percentage.
The internet page cited makes no mention of how many
cars there are in the sample.
Allow me to elaborate:
IF BOTH CITIES have 100,000 autos, wouldn't it make
good sense to assume that there would be more thefts
of these cars in a city with 8 million people (NYC)
than a city with only a 1/4 million (St. Paul)? I
would think so and Mr. Swope does not.
I would never allow so-called "facts" found on the
internet to supercede my better judgement or my common
sense. Besides, the figures are from 2001 and at this
point in time, nobody would give a hoot as to whether
the statistics are accurate or not.
My "Hanson sense" simply says that a city with 8
million people is going to have a higher overall crime
total that a city with only 1/4 million people. It's
certainly a reasonable assertion.
As far as the "living wage" is concerned.
I have seen a figure of $10.00/hr. bantered about. If
the so-called "living wage" is what we are discussing,
I would have no point to make. A St. Paul cop's haul
is a lot more than that. That's The Truth in St. Paul.
Rowdy Russ Hanson.
The Truth in St. Paul.
--- M Charles Swope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Mr. Hanson's self-proclaimed "common sense" tells
> him
> that crime on a proportional basis must be far, far
> worse in NYC than in lil ol down home St. Paul. When
> the facts as represented by the FBI's crime
> statistics
> say he's dead wrong, he asks us to believe his
> "common
> sense" rather than the facts. I think "Hanson sense"
> might be a better term for this than "common sense."
>
> And, incidentally, St. Paul's higher car theft
> statistics make perfect sense, common or otherwise.
> You'll remember Mr. Hanson cited these as showing
> that
> the reported statistics must be wrong since they
> went
> counter to his own intuition. There's a simple and
> logical explanation for this. There are fewer cars
> proportionally in NYC than in St. Paul. It shouldn't
> be surprising to anyone with a grasp on reality that
> their would be propotionally fewer car thefts in NYC
> than in St. Paul.
>
> Finally, I find nit surprising that an avowed
> anti-capitalist like Mr. Hanson would begrudge good
> union people like our policeman a living wage.
>
> Charlie Swope
> Ward 1
>
>
>
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