wtf America

Viscur · Post by **Viscur** » Fri Aug 15, 2014 7:51 am

Last I recall, and I'm way to lazy to actually go hunt down the numbers, violent crime and war overall is, and has been on the decline for quite a while.

You could, in fact, say that we currently live in the most peaceful period of recorded history, but dat media dun gon blowd everything up.

Post by **Raveen** » Fri Aug 15, 2014 11:46 am

A question (and this is generally not supposed to be pointing fingers or scoring points). Why are hispanics considered culturally different to other white people in the States but the french Canadians are just lumped in with the rest of the European Canadians? Surely the Quebecois have a culture that is distinct from the rest of Canada?

As for Ferguson, well, it's probably better for the police to shoot less people in future. But that's hardly a new thing.

raumvogel · Post by **raumvogel** » Fri Aug 15, 2014 1:15 pm

Viscur wrote:QUOTE (Viscur @ Aug 15 2014, 03:51 AM) Last I recall, and I'm way to lazy to actually go hunt down the numbers, violent crime and war overall is, and has been on the decline for quite a while.

You could, in fact, say that we currently live in the most peaceful period of recorded history, but dat media dun gon blowd everything up.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/po...ct-9669623.html

Drizzo · Post by **Drizzo** » Fri Aug 15, 2014 1:56 pm

Eh the most deviation that the Beckers have is their refusal to speak english. Which sucks for people who flunked out of French in high school.

The real gems in Kanata are the east coasters. Newfies are 50x more fun than your average Irishman or Scot. Harder to understand too. And they make some crazy good beer.

Raven_42 · Post by **Raven_42** » Sat Aug 16, 2014 1:15 am

Very well put Shihab.

germloucks · Post by **germloucks** » Sat Aug 16, 2014 1:24 am

Violence IS down from previous years in the US. What you are really seeing is that businesses (media) have figured out how to monetize violence. It isnt that media is merely covering violence, they've always covered violence, its that coverage is diversified into a newsy/drama hybrid. By dramatizing everything they get more viewers, but they also inadvertently create the perception that the world is crazy. Conflict is the essence of drama.

raumvogel · Post by **raumvogel** » Sat Aug 16, 2014 2:15 am

germloucks wrote:QUOTE (germloucks @ Aug 15 2014, 09:24 PM) Violence IS down from previous years in the US. What you are really seeing is that businesses (media) have figured out how to monetize violence. It isnt that media is merely covering violence, they've always covered violence, its that coverage is diversified into a newsy/drama hybrid. By dramatizing everything they get more viewers, but they also inadvertently create the perception that the world is crazy. Conflict is the essence of drama.

So the media is fomenting revolution?

germloucks · Post by **germloucks** » Sat Aug 16, 2014 3:14 am

Terran · Post by **Terran** » Sat Aug 16, 2014 10:11 pm

TakingArms wrote:QUOTE (TakingArms @ Aug 14 2014, 03:04 PM) Child please theres no crime in toronto because theres no people, its too damn cold, and there are almost no ethnic differences. Come talk to me again when canada is a real country.

can't decide if this is a troll or not... but anyway..

almost HALF (49%) the population is comprised of visible minorities. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Toronto

clearly which place has a more homogeneous population has absolutely nothing to do with the issue

vogue · Post by **vogue** » Sat Aug 16, 2014 11:49 pm

Terran wrote:QUOTE (Terran @ Aug 16 2014, 06:11 PM) can't decide if this is a troll or not... but anyway..

almost HALF (49%) the population is comprised of visible minorities. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Toronto

clearly which place has a more homogeneous population has absolutely nothing to do with the issue

I dunno I found some interesting data on the canadian government website that might indicate otherwise.

cic.gc.ca/english/residents/canadians.asp?_ga=1.128544140