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Symantics, a post which is the equivalent of pointing out spelling mistakes and grammatical errors in a post.
Unfortunately maths isn't my strong point, I'll try to do better next time.
"Politics of fear" indeed.
just because something is widely accepted by merit or considered a rule of thumb doesnt mean it is axiomatic.
It's worth noting that 'gun crime' statistics include someone waving a toy gun around and another thinking it's real and calling the cops.
like I said what i report are my personal experiences and oh of course the one and only time i was stopped on the road it was not for an offence just a touchy officer that decided I wanted to pull out in front of him he was driving faster than is recomended considering he was turning off anyway (in which case i would not have been pulling out in front of him but then he wasn't signalling was he) he was extremely unpleasant it was clear he had no intention of booking me he just wanted someone to be nasty to. he told me to turn my lights on and his were off.
am I dreaming ok I'll sit on the roadside and wait for 100 cops to turn me over and then give you a percentage
No, it is a maxim because of the wisdom contained in it. The point of that maxim (you don't seem to get it) is that statistics are not always as they seem and you need to take them with a pinch of salt. Smarter people than you (Whowhere and Illuminatus) have given examples of how statistics can be dubious.
oh and for a laugh I'll tell you of the police that raided the wrong address they smashed the door down of a house where a mother was found nursing her child and imediatly started searching the place it was not until after she suggested they had got the wrong house and seeing the warant that the mistake was clarrified - I beleive they where looking for one of those houses where every room is devoted to growing drugs. I mean can you be more stupid to get the wrong road and be so sensless (and insensitive) that having surrounded the house you can't knock civily first instead of just busting the door down ?! I suppose my local antidrug team are ex british gas workers
As an aside but regarding the work of the police, did anyone see 'River Cops' last night? Well, part of the program was around the lead-up to the start of the Tour de France which started at Tower Bridge last year. Completely unseen by the public, were the police scaling the underside of bridges looking for bombs, divers searching below water, boats on the river being stopped and searched, people walking along the riverside being investigated if they seemed to act suspiciously etc etc, days and hours before the race kicked off. I thought, "Oh my fcuk, I didn't realise how much the police do on an unseen level to keep us all safe."
The money that all this must cost is mind-boggling but largely goes on unnoticed.
i understand the point of that maxim hence why i think it is stupid. a statistic is a statistic and is essentially true (if calculated correctly). the conclusions raised by such as statistic, and as whowhere did about a single incidence doubling the % is entirely down to interpretation. so what. the reporting of the % is still correct even if it means an insignificant rise in the crime rate...