Author: Sam Slutzky
Date: 21:13:47 11/30/00
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On November 30, 2000 at 20:31:08, Bruce Moreland wrote: >On November 30, 2000 at 15:44:01, Sam Slutzky wrote: > >>On November 30, 2000 at 13:59:01, Bruce Moreland wrote: >> >>>I live in Washington State. The population here is something under six million. >>> How often do you hear about something dramatically bad happening here? When >>>was the last time you heard about someone going crazy and shooting up a >>>restaurant or something like that? It happens, but there are 49 other states, >>>so these things tend to happen there. We have 2% of the population here. >>> >>>You probably don't hear much about it. We had some guy a few hundred miles from >>>here who was a serial killer, but that's the biggest thing I can think of in the >>>past few years, except for that WTO nonsense last year (one year ago today, >>>actually). Big deal. >>> >> >>While I agree with Bruce for the most part, I will say this. I have lived in >>Washington (Seattle area) for only about five months or so, but I can name >>several violent acts that have occurred in the East-Side alone (not downtown >>Seattle for people unfamiliar with the area). There was the robber shot to >>death in the mall in a department store bathroom and just a week or so ago there >>was a stalker going around and breaking into people's apartments not far from >>here. A friend of mine also had someone try to break into their house last >>week. However, as you go on to note, this is still far better than some other >>parts of the country (say California, which is where I am from). >> >>Sam > >Yes, we do have crime here. But it's not like you need to wear your flak jacket >and helmet when you go to K-Mart. > >The guy who robbed a bank and ran into Nordstrom was a long time ago, not a >week. > >New South Wales had 85,000 residential break-ins, too, 5300 robberies where the >robber used a weapon, and 6400 where the robber didn't use a weapon. We had >6500 robberies of all types here. > >I could still be wrong, since it's hard to compare these statistics, but it >looks like your chances of getting killed here are about double, but your >chances of having something else bad to you are either the same or much higher >in New South Wales. There is more chance of getting your car stolen, for >instance. It sounds ilke your chances of having something bad happen to you >when you are outside wandering around are higher. > >bruce As I said, I do agree with you, I was just pointing out that there is plenty of violence here too. Also, I didn't say the robber/Nordstrom incident happened a week ago, but said it did happen in the last few months. In any case, it will be more productive for us both to stop discussing this and go back to computer chess. :) Sam
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