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Outside the Americas, Knives Are Often the Weapon of Choice in Homicides

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Dakine10
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Obviously the way to stop these attacks is for everyone to get their own knife. A criminal with a knife would be less likely to attack if he knew everyone else had a knife. Only a good guy with a knif

JohnR!
JohnR!

There seems to be empirical data suggesting more knives will make everyone safe... :rofl:

Sousuke
Sousuke

Right, violence has been decreasing in the United States for the last 20 years. Violence peaked from the late 1970s until the early 90s. With a lag time of about 23 years, there is a correlation with

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What's a female manatee -- a womanatee? A manatee-ess? A cow?

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Actually, whilst I am prolife, there is a theory that abortion also contributed to a lowering crime rate.

Yes, that's why I mentioned it :) I could not find a correlation graph like the nice one for lead but I read about it somewhere in the recent past...

I hope the lead correlation continues to hold, if so the next 23 years are looking really good :)

_74298891_lead_crime_gra624.gif

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Actually, whilst I am prolife, there is a theory that abortion also contributed to a lowering crime rate.

The fluoride mind control thing is truly a myth.

That makes perfect sense. People having extra mouths to feed they cannot afford, money gotta come from somewhere.

While the fluoride mind control thing is a myth, I have been able to pick up a really cool French Canadian rock n roll station on my third molar ever since they introduced fluoride to the water supply.

Yes, that's why I mentioned it :) I could not find a correlation graph like the nice one for lead but I read about it somewhere in the recent past...

I hope the lead correlation continues to hold, if so the next 23 years are looking really good :)

I ate plenty of lead paint chips and I turned out just fine! :content:

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Yes, that's why I mentioned it :) I could not find a correlation graph like the nice one for lead but I read about it somewhere in the recent past...

I hope the lead correlation continues to hold, if so the next 23 years are looking really good :)

_74298891_lead_crime_gra624.gif

556px-US_incarceration_rate_timeline.gif

Some would attribute it to this chart. Of course we incarcerate more people than anyone else on the planet....

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Whats a female peacock called? :goofy:

Isn't it a peahen or something?

One might wonder what happens if either has urinary trouble -- lawsuits for false advertising?

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10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

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05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

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06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

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Yes, that's why I mentioned it :) I could not find a correlation graph like the nice one for lead but I read about it somewhere in the recent past...

I hope the lead correlation continues to hold, if so the next 23 years are looking really good :)

_74298891_lead_crime_gra624.gif

correlation does not prove causation

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