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To: tejek who wrote (3417)	6/1/2004 11:20:28 AM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7936

I'm just pointing out how their model is not a good one for us. Speak for yourself.........lets face it, you're vision of what's good for us is a bit biased. And yours isn't? On the FormerAMD thread you where big on letting voters decide issues. What percentage in the US would vote for a a 1/3rd cut in GDP in order to make the distribution of that GDP more even? Or to phrase it another way that you might consider less biased what percentage of Americans would vote for socializing 10% of industrial production, plus medical care and other services combined with much higher taxes? I told you......the crimes that are higher are bribery and other white collar crimes. I know what you told me but your wrong. Your data only covers murder and serious assault, it doesn't cover all "street crimes". It seems like Swedes are less likely to be killed or to face a near fatal assault but are more likely to be raped or to have their property stolen. From the link I posted earlier. minjust.nl Overall victimization (which includes all types of crimes) This prevalence measure is a simple but robust indicator of overall proneness to crime. The countries fall into three bands. * Above 24% (victim of any crime in 1999): Australia, England and Wales, the Netherlands and Sweden * 20%-24%: Canada, Scotland, Denmark, Poland, Belgium, France, and USA * Under 20%: Finland, Catalonia (Spain), Switzerland, Portugal, Japan and Northern Ireland. # Theft of personal property # Thefts of personal property will be heterogeneous in nature, but the highest risks were in Australia, Sweden, and Poland (about 5%-6% of people were victimized). Sexual incidents Women in Sweden, Finland, Australia and England and Wales were most at risk of sexual assault. Women in Japan, Northern Ireland, Poland and Portugal were least at risk. Crime seriousness We corrected the victimization rates for crime seriousness to see how countries fared on a crime count taking seriousness into account. It did not greatly alter the 'burden of crime' picture from other measures. Australia, England and Wales, the Netherlands and Sweden still remain most pressured by crime. However, Denmark and Canada fall back in the relative order when seriousness is taken into account, while the USA and Northern Ireland go higher up the list. What a joke.....last time I was in Sweden, the people looked mighty happy........attempts by American idiots to discredit their econ. model notwithstanding. They may very well be happy. I wasn't arguing that they are not. Its hard quantify or objectively compare happiness. But happy or not they are poorer then we are, and have a higher prevalence of crime in general (but less murders). And the average Swede is less likely to own a VCR, a microwave, or a clothes dryer then the poorest 1/5th of Americans. Tim