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Those are just the crimes that were reported. I don't trust statistics much, as they only use a small number to measure the large.
Are you implying that women secretly commit just as much crime as men, but they almost never get caught? That doesn't sound very believable... I don't think the data itself is by large untrustworthy, for a few reasons: 1) When it's gained directly from crime reports (and not a telephone survey or something, although those do serve their purpose of getting some kind of idea of the amount of unreported crime), and 2) there's a crapload of data on the subject from many countries, not just some anger cruise by a nasty feminist.
A more important thing is that some people intentionally do it wrong, for the purpose of "proving" something that they know isn't true. "There's lies, dang lies and statistics."
That's a good phrase. Even if the data is right, statistics can be perverted to support some pretty absurd claims - such as that you and I have more legs than the average person. Or, of course, that men are several times more evil than women.
Are you implying that women secretly commit just as much crime as men, but they almost never get caught? That doesn't sound very believable... I don't think the data itself is by large untrustworthy, for a few reasons: 1) When it's gained directly from crime reports (and not a telephone survey or something, although those do serve their purpose of getting some kind of idea of the amount of unreported crime), and 2) there's a crapload of data on the subject from many countries, not just some anger cruise by a nasty feminist.
A more important thing is that some people intentionally do it wrong, for the purpose of "proving" something that they know isn't true. "There's lies, dang lies and statistics."
That's a good phrase. Even if the data is right, statistics can be perverted to support some pretty absurd claims - such as that you and I have more legs than the average person. Or, of course, that men are several times more evil than women.
