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   XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, uk.politics.misc, uk.legal   
   XPost: alt.politics.uk   
   From: NOTsomeone@microsoft.com   
      
   On 21/01/2017 11:28, Ted wrote:   
   > Judith  wrote:   
   >> On Mon, 16 Jan 2017 11:46:19 -0600, First-Post   
   >>  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On Mon, 16 Jan 2017 17:14:24 +0000, GB    
   >>> wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> British police are far less likely to get killed or injured on duty than   
   >>>> US police.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> 123 US officers killed in 2015 and 122 in 2014.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> 1 UK officer killed in 2015 and none in 2014.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Why do you think that is?   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>> Probably because it is a homogenous society (only 14% minorities) and   
   >>> a population of roughly 1/5th that of the US.   
   >>   
   >> Yep just a fifth.   
   >>   
   >> Is that the same as a ratio of 245:1  ? - or is that  50 times worse?   
   >   
   > The UK establishment politicians and media don't teach their voters to hate   
   > each other, as they do here in the US. That's another factor.   
      
   We're having a good go at it with Brexit. :)   
      
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