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Re:The $200 Billion Rip-Off: Our broadband future was stolen... by mikeash on Wednesday January 08, 2014 @03:35PM (#7026397)
Of course the rest of the world works the same way too. I never said it didn't.

But the fact remains that most of the US does not suffer from extreme violence, and comparing the averages across countries doesn't do anything to dispute that.

Even though you claim to understand this, you didn't let it stop you from declaring that "most of the US does have a higher murder rate." How does that work, then?

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Re:The $200 Billion Rip-Off: Our broadband future was stolen... by nl on Thursday January 09, 2014 @05:45PM (#7033820)
Even though you claim to understand this, you didn't let it stop you from declaring that "most of the US does have a higher murder rate." How does that work, then?

In areas of similar population density, the murder rate in the US is higher.

Of course there are areas of the US that have very low population density, and an equally low murder rate.

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Re:The $200 Billion Rip-Off: Our broadband future was stolen... by mikeash on Friday January 10, 2014 @09:27AM (#7036679)
First we get "most of the US has a higher murder rate", then we transition to "the average is higher is the vast majority of US states" and now we're at "in areas of similar population density".

I really can't keep track of just what you're actually arguing, nor do I care to keep trying.

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