Re:USA added to list of most dangerous countries for journal...
by Brendinooo on Friday December 21, 2018 @10:06AM
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This is good stuff. You're proving my point: "dangerous" is a value judgment!
Do you live in the US? I do, and I've never felt unsafe in any of the places I've lived in. Maybe I'm 4-5x more likely to be murdered here compared to Germany, but a 0.00535% chance of getting murdered this year doesn't really move the needle for me. I also know that there are wide variances in that rate based on the community I live in, the people I associate with, and the activities in which I partake.
If you think you'd feel safer in North Korea because the murder rate is lower, feel free to live there instead! I'll take my chances here.
Do you live in the US? I do, and I've never felt unsafe in any of the places I've lived in. Maybe I'm 4-5x more likely to be murdered here compared to Germany, but a 0.00535% chance of getting murdered this year doesn't really move the needle for me. I also know that there are wide variances in that rate based on the community I live in, the people I associate with, and the activities in which I partake.
If you think you'd feel safer in North Korea because the murder rate is lower, feel free to live there instead! I'll take my chances here.