26 May 2013 20:41:19
So a copycat killing in West Paris, when does it end? Just waiting on riots starting all over Europe. Sawney
Mate, it could have been over anything, the media are publishing all these type of murders as a possible terrorist wave, it is put in our minds but if its over something not terror related then it will not be big news, job done.
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Well a soldier being hacked to death and now an on duty police officer being stabbed in the neck, obviously the media are going to be all over it. What's you're take on it all? Is it getting worse or are we just more aware of what's going on?
Sawney {Ed001's Note - it has been shown many times that crime per head of population has reduced markedly over time. The difference is purely our awareness of them, not just because of mass media to be fair. There is also the larger family and other contact spread that people have, in much closer proximity with much larger groups of people. People tended to have little contact with people from outside their own villages, in times past. Now we have the whole world's information and crimes in front of our eyes, of course it seems worse. Certainly, in the UK at least, crime is much lower. Things such as highwaymen, who were mostly brutal and vicious killers, are pretty much non-existent, for instance. I do doubt it is much safer though, due to the fact you are likely to come into contact with far larger numbers of people than our forefathers ever did, with the increased chance it entails of one of those people being a violent criminal.}
Sawney {Ed001's Note - it has been shown many times that crime per head of population has reduced markedly over time. The difference is purely our awareness of them, not just because of mass media to be fair. There is also the larger family and other contact spread that people have, in much closer proximity with much larger groups of people. People tended to have little contact with people from outside their own villages, in times past. Now we have the whole world's information and crimes in front of our eyes, of course it seems worse. Certainly, in the UK at least, crime is much lower. Things such as highwaymen, who were mostly brutal and vicious killers, are pretty much non-existent, for instance. I do doubt it is much safer though, due to the fact you are likely to come into contact with far larger numbers of people than our forefathers ever did, with the increased chance it entails of one of those people being a violent criminal.}
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27 May 2013 12:29:42
At least the Highwayman of yore had the decency to leave you alone once he'd robbed and/or killed you *cough*taxman*cough* spluttering pea
At least the Highwayman of yore had the decency to leave you alone once he'd robbed and/or killed you *cough*taxman*cough* spluttering pea
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How, is it a "copycat" killing? It couldn't be more different!
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