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MindlessSheep
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| Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 4:04 pm Post subject: Freakanomics |
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| Now I will say that this is an issure I'm conflicted on, I'm not sure which way I feel about it. I heard a talk from the author of Freakanomics that said the dramatic decrease in crime since the 70's can be directly and statistically attributed to the legalization of abortion. I wanted to get some other opinions on this. It's definitely a polarizing subject. |
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agentkgb
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| Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 9:41 pm Post subject: |
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I've read the book and think that it's possibly correct, though I would hesitate to believe that it was responsible for a majority of the decrease.
I don't really stand anywhere on abortion, but it seems like a weak argument for abortion since basically it would mean that we're aborting fetuses to take care of problems we should deal with ourselves. |
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Snarf
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| Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 8:40 pm Post subject: |
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| I doubt the author took into account all of the possible factors as there were many. Regardless, you can take crime, especially white-collar crime, down to nothing by aborting all males and killing off all those less than 35 years old... |
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Prog
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| Posted: Sun Nov 12, 2006 8:13 am Post subject: |
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Snarf wrote: I doubt the author took into account all of the possible factors as there were many. Regardless, you can take crime, especially white-collar crime, down to nothing by aborting all males and killing off all those less than 35 years old...
Abortion maybe.......up to 35, well those are crimes! zero sum! |
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LostSoul3412
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| Posted: Sun Nov 12, 2006 1:54 pm Post subject: |
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Snarf wrote: I doubt the author took into account all of the possible factors as there were many. Regardless, you can take crime, especially white-collar crime, down to nothing by aborting all males and killing off all those less than 35 years old...
Or we can take it the other way, and get rid of all laws. That'll bring crime to zero! |
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agentkgb
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| Posted: Sun Nov 12, 2006 2:07 pm Post subject: |
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LostSoul3412 wrote: Snarf wrote: I doubt the author took into account all of the possible factors as there were many. Regardless, you can take crime, especially white-collar crime, down to nothing by aborting all males and killing off all those less than 35 years old...
Or we can take it the other way, and get rid of all laws. That'll bring crime to zero!
:lol:
It'd do it a gazillion times faster than killing everyone too. |
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Green
Joined: 18 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Sun Nov 12, 2006 7:07 pm Post subject: |
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| Snarf wrote: I doubt the author took into account all of the possible factors as there were many. Regardless, you can take crime, especially white-collar crime, down to nothing by aborting all males and killing off all those less than 35 years old... THat is what I was thinking. It is like saying that gun control and low crime coexist in Britan. |
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MindlessSheep
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| Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 2:44 pm Post subject: |
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| I guess alot of what this shows is that one thing that statistical analysis cannot account for is people's emotions on a subject. If you were to go based solely on logic, anything you could do to reduce crime would be great. But would you really be willing to kill somebody because they "might" commit a crime. Interesting concept, I guess thats why so many movies have been made on the subject. |
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Prog
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| Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 11:45 pm Post subject: |
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MindlessSheep wrote: If you were to go based solely on logic, anything you could do to reduce crime would be great. But would you really be willing to kill somebody because they "might" commit a crime. Interesting concept....
Not killing them -- yet, nonetheless:
physiognomy and crime |
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