How to Tell a Mother Her Child Is Dead

Re:How to Tell a Mother Her Child Is Dead by cyberferret on Saturday September 03, 2016 @08:40PM (#12422019)

> I remember reading an anecdote somewhere that when it's hot out (temperature wise) that physical altercations increase.

The 'build up' to the wet monsoonal season where I am in tropical Australia is well known as 'Mango Madness' season (it coincides with the mango fruiting season).

I have two sisters in the police force, my dad was a doctor and my wife is a psychologist. They all concur that the rate of murders, assaults, domestic violence, divorces, street violence, car accidents etc. all dramatically increase during these couple of months.

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Re:How to Tell a Mother Her Child Is Dead by emilga on Saturday September 03, 2016 @11:09PM (#12422470)

When I went on a guided tour through Dubrovnik the guide said -- and I'm paraphrasing her from memory -- that assaults carried more lenient sentences during the warmest parts of summer.

Looks like being cool-headed is more than a metaphor.

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Re:How to Tell a Mother Her Child Is Dead by ageofwant on Saturday September 03, 2016 @11:18PM (#12422497)

Mate from Darwin calls it "suicide season".

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