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Crime Statistics

Postby BoraxBill » Sat Jan 12, 2013 10:58 pm

Choose Your Own Crime Stats
Politicians and the media misrepresent the facts to push their agenda. We already knew this, but this guy does a pretty good job of presenting the true facts!
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Re: Crime Statistics

Postby James Sel » Sun Jan 13, 2013 12:38 am

Nice post Bill
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Re: Crime Statistics

Postby shadylady » Sun Jan 13, 2013 9:56 am

Lies, damned lies, and statistics
Numbers can be played with to support almost any position imaginable if you're creative enough. Usually someone like Piers Morgan selects just the stats that suit his purposes and confronts a guest with just those numbers. The guest isn't likely to be prepared with the info needed to refute Morgan's position and so Morgan gets one of those shit-eating-grins on his face as if he's successfully proven his point. Although he really hasn't proven his point, it appears to naive viewers as if he just scored a slam dunk. That's why viewers need to watch more critically and be skeptical of BS artists like that Piers Morgan fella!
"Lies, damned lies, and statistics" is a phrase describing the persuasive power of numbers, particularly the use of statistics to bolster weak arguments. It is also sometimes colloquially used to doubt statistics used to prove an opponent's point. The term was popularized in the United States by Mark Twain (among others), who attributed it to the 19th-century British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881): "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics." However, the phrase is not found in any of Disraeli's works and the earliest known appearances were years after his death. Other coiners have therefore been proposed, and the phrase is often attributed to Twain himself.

LINK: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lies,_damned_lies,_and_statistics
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Re: Crime Statistics

Postby surfsteve » Sun Jan 13, 2013 10:15 am

It's not the statistics that lie. It's the people like Piers Morgan that make them up! Actually he doesn't always make them up. I read that his statistic of people killed by guns he gave to Alex included everyone that was shot by the police which accounted for the vast majority of the killings. Now you make me wish I had saved the article. If I had to guess I'd say that the vast majority of "murders" are committed by gang members and probably nearly all of them are convicted felons that aren't allowed to carry guns in the first place.
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Re: Crime Statistics

Postby pcslim » Wed Jan 23, 2013 8:31 am

Why No One Invades Switzerland
This video provides an interesting perspective on the gun control debate and it contradicts many of the arguments made by those in favor of gun control.
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Re: Crime Statistics

Postby mrgreen » Wed Feb 06, 2013 11:27 pm

Speaking of fake statistics... :laugh:
Lady Gaga Loses Millions Of YouTube Views
Lady Gaga has lost several millions of views on YouTube after the site cleared out what were considered “fake statistics” built by bots and hackers. Some lesser known YouTube channel owners have used bots as a way to beef up their view counts, but Lady Gaga is not one of them.

Lady Gaga herself may not have used bots, but he hare-brained fans no doubt did! It's amazing that anyone even bothers watching that...
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LINK: http://www.inquisitr.com/500803/lady-gaga-loses-millions-of-youtube-views/
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