Violent crime stats went +30% during the summer of love, so Dems are encouraging blue cities just to not report crimes as it makes their policies look dystopian.
So we have the weird stat occurrence of the 2021 to 2022 Uniform Crime Report (UCR)(voluntary reporting) showing a 1% decrease in violent crime but the National crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) 2021 to 2022 reporting a 50% increase in violent crime rates.
The NCVS is always higher has usually trended the same as the FBI UCR and the gap in rates had been declining for a decade. Previously it was red states that had a lower participation rate.
I also watched a video yesterday that said its white supremacy that big box stores are now not reporting individual shop lifting incidents but keeping files on people until they go over the 1000 dollar total threshold where they will actually be charged.
Maybe my tirade against bunker bitch politicians would be better placed here.
QUOTE(dragontamer8740 @ Dec 20 2023, 14:11)
A little off topic, but it's sad how scared politicians seem to be of their constituents, with things like fences around the white house, or only being allowed into a governor's office with an appointment. Not too long ago, there were some states where you could just walk into those kinds of buildings unhindered.
Calling a country a representative democracy or even a republic is a joke when elected officials don't have to meet with their constituents, even the ones that make them uncomfortable.
I like the Starship Troopers idea of making politicians demonstrate that they'd be willing to die in the service of their country before they are allowed to participate in government. When one becomes a politician, that person should be prepared to accept the fact that they may be taking some personal risk.
It's be a good way to root out the cowards who just hide themselves away out of fear of the people they supposedly serve.
The fence around the white house is an injustice and a symptom of our failing political system.
It's unfortunate that the january 6 response was like it was, with politicians openly demonstrating their fear of the people they serve, and yet seemingly half of this country supported the people who called it an insurrection. To me the whole thing was definitely a bunch of retards, but these retards are still Americans and and should be listened to by their government. Even if the ultimate response is to decline something that they demand. The more isolated we make our politicians from the populace, and the less they need to feel responsible for their actions, the worse shit will get.
If a couple of people get assassinated along the way, that's a price they should be willing to pay and a chance they should be willing to take, or else they don't actually care about the country.
I fucking wish there was as much left wing activity in that event as conspiracy theorists claim there was. It really feels like something even a lot of people on the left would like to see: for politicians to answer to their constituents and work in their actual interests.
I always thought Gothmog = Captain of the Balrogs. Turns out there was another one who had a bit part in the books, and they expanded it in the movies.
I always thought Gothmog = Captain of the Balrogs. Turns out there was another one who had a bit part in the books, and they expanded it in the movies.
I get confused these days between the books, the films, the extended films, and Peter Jackson's fanfiction.
At least the rings of power added nothing worth remembering, except that Sauron really likes powerpoint presentations.
In the good old days we also had Iron Crown Enterprises' Middle Earth Role Playing (I.C.E. M.E.R.P.), which cheerfully added a lot of non-canon material like Dwar, Dog Lord of Waw.
I remember hanging out on a dead MERP server with friends back in the 90s. Used it like facebook / twitter. People would take actions against you functionally being likes and dislikes.
I don't know if anyone still role played on it by the time I was there, just it had a bunch of communication infrastructure that was useful.
The US is dying, anime is dying, and this thread is no longer dead, Racist gay mods need to stop touching threads
Nov 5 2023, 16:05
