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   From: phil@stovell.org.uk   
      
   On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 14:16:36 +0000, chronic hydroponic wrote:   
      
   > "Phil Stovell"  wrote...   
   >> Open your eyes and read. Is this website biased?   
   >   
   > I read it and why are Scotland and Northern Ireland omitted?   
      
   They are there (are you sure you read it?),   
      
      
   Scotland  	1994  	5,132,400  	2.24  	0.19  	2.05   
      
   N. Ireland  	1994  	1,641,711  	6.09  	5.24  	0.85   
      
   England/Wales  	1997  	51,429,000  	1.41  	0.11  	1.30   
      
   My figures to calculate overall UK.   
      
   Sc 51.3 * 2.24 = 114   
   Ni 16.4 * 6.09 = 100   
   Ew 514.4* 1.41 = 725   
      
   Tot pop = 581.9(*100k)   
   Tot hom = 939 [I'm quite shocked it's that high]   
      
   Uk homicide rate = 1.61/100k   
      
      
   >The ENTIRE   
   > USA is being compared to two British provinces, I don't know about   
   > Scotland, but if Northern Ireland were included with all those damn xian   
   > factions killing each other the rate might be much higher.  Also, does   
   > the site explicitly say it defines "homicides" the same way for both   
   > countries - that police and civilian self-defense killings of criminals   
   > are not included for the U.S. figures?   
      
   The NI rate has now dropped considerably as those idiot so-called xtians   
   have stopped slaughtering each other.   
      
   I'm sure you'll manage to massage the figures so the slaughter in the USA   
   doesn't look as bad.   
      
   That website appears to be pro-gun, so I'm sure that they are as   
   economical with the figures as they can possibly get away with.   
      
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