@ Baraka_Buru:
I will clarify so that there is no case 1 and 2. How many people have honestly not wanted the premature death of another person? Whether it was imagined at one's own hand or by that of a bus? In your mind you still wanted that person dead; part of being human. The potential to follow through such acts is based on then life experiences and innate uncontrolled wiring of one's brain. If someone has honestly never once thought, "I wish that person was dead," ... give that someone a medal.
Also, It is not a fair compromise to use numbers based on per 100,000 people, because we'd be assuming that there is a linear correlation between criminal population and population density. I have no numbers and do not know where to begin to back up this analogy. Look at a concert: if there are few people, there there is a less chance of a mosh happening. Many people, mosh pit. When adding more people, do you think that a proportionate amount of people are not going to be moshing? For instance, every 4 people you send into a moshing crowd, will 2 always not participate in the fight? Remember more people more and more likely chance to start bumping around. It is comparable to a mob mentality, in this example. Due note, I am not suggesting that a high murder rate in a region is self-propagating.
Again, I am all for those other ways to deter and prevent murders, WILL! [kidding, but any reading material on the subject would nice. even sits on the back of the pot reading material]
Last edited by Hain; 12-02-2007 at 03:44 AM..
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