From: ahk@chinet.com

Stephen Sprunk  wrote:
>On 01-Aug-14 15:31, Sancho Panza wrote:
>>On 8/1/2014 10:27 AM, hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:
>>>On Thursday, July 31, 2014 4:12:55 PM UTC-4, spsffan wrote:

>>>>Of course, Pennsylvania itself is named after William Penn.

>>>IIRC, it's actually for Penn's father.  Penn himself objected to
>>>having something named for him as it violated his Quaker beliefs.

>>>"Philadelphia" stands for city of brotherly love, brought home
>>>every night on the local news with the shootings and carjackings of
>>>innocent little kids.

>>Maybe they should seek asylum in Texas.

>Texas's murder rate in 2011 and 2012 was the lowest since records began
>in the 1960s.  Other crimes are up vs the 1960s but still way down from
>the peaks in the late 1980s/early 1990s.

>Nationally, Pennsylvania is ranked low in rape, burglary and larceny but
>middle in murder and aggravated assault and high in robbery.

Statewide felony statistics lead one to just one inevitable conclusion:
That there is nothing to learn from comparisons of statewide crime statistics.

It's absurd of you to raise the issue, which is a non-issue.

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