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Originally Posted by Ustwo
London has more violent crime than New York.
The US murder rates are higher, take out gang violence and we are the same as the rest of Europe, and as a white male I have less chance of being murdered than many of my European counterparts.
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Can we take out gang violence from the rest of Europe as well? How well will the comparison hold up then? London alone has at least 169 gangs.
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Originally Posted by Ustwo
Time to shatter another liberal illusion.
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Do you usually shatter "illusions" by overlaying it with another?
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Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
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