06-02-2007, 01:44 AM
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Read? I only know how to write.
Join Date: Jan 2001
Posts: 11,933
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Originally Posted by rkzenrage
People watch too much TV, crime goes down every year. Our violent crime has gone down over 20% in the last fifteen years, our life expectancy goes up every year, we just get better and better... 24 hour news is to blame. People want to see doom and gloom, so they deliver.
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From the Washington Post of 2 Jun 2007:
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Violent Crime Up For Second Year
The number of violent crimes in the United States rose for a second straight year in 2006, marking the first sustained increase in homicides, robberies and other serious offenses since the early 1990s, according to an FBI report to be released Monday.
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