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   From: fredxx@spam.invalid   
      
   On 24/07/2023 12:39, GB wrote:   
   > On 24/07/2023 08:13, Fredxx wrote:   
   >   
   >> Is that an admission that it is predominantly ethnicity, aka culture,   
   >> that determines the likelihood of criminality?   
   >   
   > You are subscribing to the usual statistical fallacy. Repeat after me:   
   > "Correlation does not imply causation."   
   >   
   > If you not careful, you will say something indicative of your state of   
   > mind, like "Sending more fire engines to a blaze causes it to be bigger".   
      
   I'm not subscribing to anything.   
      
   The figures came from The Telegraph, and while I also subscribe to the   
   "Correlation does not imply causation", the stats are so extreme I'm not   
   convinced it matters. The sole explanation that it's down to "drivers of   
   crime, such as poverty, inequality and high unemployment" doesn't wash,   
   where other ethnic groups suffer similarly yet don't feel the need to   
   resort to gun crime.   
      
   If you feel obliged to look at a clear sky and convince yourself it's   
   pink because colour is culturally sensitive then that does say quite a   
   bit about one's state of mind.   
      
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