Topic: London's murder rate is higher than NYC
Meta started this discussion 8 years ago #73,827
While New York City's murder rate has gone down - decreasing by around 87 per cent since the 1990's - the Big Smoke’s has simultaneously surged. London's has increased by nearly 40 per cent in the space of three years alone - not including deaths caused by terrorist attacks.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/london-murder-rate-new-york-overtakes-stabbing-a8283866.html
They really should ban knives. It's just insane you can buy a knife with no background check.
beckyderp !TNyDikii4A joined in and replied with this 8 years ago, 14 seconds later[^] [v] #877,181
ugh meta
Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 8 years ago, 1 minute later, 2 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #877,183
Agree
Anonymous C double-posted this 8 years ago, 5 minutes later, 7 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #877,184
Also doesn't NY have very strict gun laws for usamerican understanding?
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Meta (OP) replied with this 8 years ago, 6 minutes later, 20 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #877,186
@877,181 (beckyderp !TNyDikii4A)
> ugh meta
Banning guns is the solution to shootings so banning knives is the solution to stabbings.
I just find it interesting the UK has pretty tight gun laws but London is beating NYC in murders. Of course NYC (and DC, and Chicago, etc) also have pretty draconian gun laws but a lot of guns come into those cities from areas where it's easier to get guns. London of course doesn't have that problem because the whole UK is a gun-free zone.
But the London murder rate is going up. A lot.
> ugh meta
Banning guns is the solution to shootings so banning knives is the solution to stabbings.
I just find it interesting the UK has pretty tight gun laws but London is beating NYC in murders. Of course NYC (and DC, and Chicago, etc) also have pretty draconian gun laws but a lot of guns come into those cities from areas where it's easier to get guns. London of course doesn't have that problem because the whole UK is a gun-free zone.
But the London murder rate is going up. A lot.
Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 8 years ago, 1 minute later, 21 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #877,187
You should consider moving to London. As I can see you're too afraid to take your own life, the chances are high that someone will do it for you. Begone, fat ass.
chili dog !!81dzJNNYL replied with this 8 years ago, 1 minute later, 22 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #877,188
@877,186 (Meta)
people have knives for a million reasons other than stabbing
what reason other than shooting do people have guns
people have knives for a million reasons other than stabbing
what reason other than shooting do people have guns
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Green !BEERiVqJJw joined in and replied with this 8 years ago, 1 minute later, 45 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #877,197
@OP
White Brits are also a minority in London now. Surely there can't be a correlation?
White Brits are also a minority in London now. Surely there can't be a correlation?
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@877,190 (Meta)
> what other reason than cutting and stabbing do people have knives
sometimes I use a knife to pry things
> what other reason than cutting and stabbing do people have knives
sometimes I use a knife to pry things
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Anonymous J joined in and replied with this 8 years ago, 5 hours later, 6 hours after the original post[^] [v] #877,270
What they need is a mass stabbing to happen at a school in London. Then a couple of kids that survive can become public policy experts and be given a platform by left-wing media in an attempt to take all the knives. Or at least stop high capacity sharpening stones, and tactical serrated edges.
Green !BEERiVqJJw replied with this 8 years ago, 1 hour later, 8 hours after the original post[^] [v] #877,277
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@877,191 (Meta)
the past month
you could have mentioned that earlier
now we might suspect you of being misleading
also, please make use of the Poisson distribution to calculate related probabilities
the past month
you could have mentioned that earlier
now we might suspect you of being misleading
also, please make use of the Poisson distribution to calculate related probabilities
Anonymous M joined in and replied with this 8 years ago, 45 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #877,564
@previous (Sheila LaBoof)
Well, if you count total murders throughout history London still comes out above New York, and knives are historically the most popular murder weapon.
C'mon... At least he's being creative about cooking the numbers to score cheap points.
Well, if you count total murders throughout history London still comes out above New York, and knives are historically the most popular murder weapon.
C'mon... At least he's being creative about cooking the numbers to score cheap points.
Sheila LaBoof replied with this 8 years ago, 30 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #877,567
London also has a higher getting-bombed-by-germans number, which I find interesting. They used another statistical distribution to decide if the bombs were guided or essentially random, and concluded that they were not guided.
Anonymous M replied with this 8 years ago, 13 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #877,571
@previous (Sheila LaBoof)
It's possible that the Germans were just firing rockets into the sea because they hate fish and accidentally hit London along the way. Modeling frequency and location of strikes with a Poisson distribution makes it look good for the fish, but you can't trust the Poisson distribution where fish are concerned. Obvious conflict of interest.
It's possible that the Germans were just firing rockets into the sea because they hate fish and accidentally hit London along the way. Modeling frequency and location of strikes with a Poisson distribution makes it look good for the fish, but you can't trust the Poisson distribution where fish are concerned. Obvious conflict of interest.
Meta (OP) replied with this 8 years ago, 7 hours later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #877,607
@877,564 (M)
> knives are historically the most popular murder weapon.
Yeah but they had a million year head start. That's not exactly a fair comparison.
> knives are historically the most popular murder weapon.
Yeah but they had a million year head start. That's not exactly a fair comparison.