XPost: can.politics, uk.legal, uk.d-i-y   
   XPost: uk.comp.sys.mac   
   From: tnp@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 24/07/2023 14:05, Fredxx wrote:   
   > 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.   
   >   
   In the end it really  doesn't matter why what is happening is happening,   
   or if its correlation or causation. When I had long hair and psychedelic   
   trousers I was always getting stopped and searched.   
      
   Today its people with black skins. Tough shit. Life is rough tough and   
   desperatly unjust. Get used to it and stop whining.   
      
   --   
   "An intellectual is a person knowledgeable in one field who speaks out   
   only in others...”   
      
   Tom Wolfe   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)