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  • Shootings in Sweden ‘So Common They Don’t Make Headlines’

    Sweden may be known for its popular music, IKEA and a generous welfare state. It is also increasingly associated with a rising number of Islamic State recruits, bombings and hand grenade attacks.

    In a period of two weeks earlier this year, five explosions took place in the country. It’s not unusual these days — Swedes have grown accustomed to headlines of violent crime, witness intimidation and gangland executions. In a country long renowned for its safety, voters cite “law and order” as the most important issue ahead of the general election in September.

    The topic of crime is sensitive, however, and debate about the issue in the consensus-oriented Scandinavian society is restricted by taboos.
    http://www.breitbart.com/london/2018...ake-headlines/
    Sad!

    Gang-related gun murders, now mainly a phenomenon among men with immigrant backgrounds in the country’s parallel societies, increased from 4 per year in the early 1990s to around 40 last year. Because of this, Sweden has gone from being a low-crime country to having homicide rates significantly above the Western European average. Social unrest, with car torchings, attacks on first responders and even riots, is a recurring phenomenon.

    Shootings in the country have become so common that they don’t make top headlines anymore, unless they are spectacular or lead to fatalities. News of attacks are quickly replaced with headlines about sports events and celebrities, as readers have become desensitized to the violence. A generation ago, bombings against the police and riots were extremely rare events. Today, reading about such incidents is considered part of daily life.

    The rising levels of violence have not gone unnoticed by Sweden’s Scandinavian neighbors. Norwegians commonly use the phrase “Swedish conditions” to describe crime and social unrest. The view from Denmark was made clear when former President of NATO and Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen said in an interview on Swedish TV: “I often use Sweden as a deterring example.”
    Too much diversity!
    Remember that you are dust and to dust you shall return.

  • #2
    40 in a year? Wow. The US wouldn't hit that total until Jan 2nd...
    Jorge: Functional Complex Information is INFORMATION that is complex and functional.

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    • #3
      Originally posted by Roy View Post
      40 in a year? Wow. The US wouldn't hit that total until Jan 2nd...
      Yes, Sweden is turning like Chicago.

      Progs enabled this, sad!
      Remember that you are dust and to dust you shall return.

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Roy View Post
        40 in a year? Wow. The US wouldn't hit that total until Jan 2nd...
        In a country the size of my bathtub?

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Roy View Post
          40 in a year? Wow. The US wouldn't hit that total until Jan 2nd...
          Sweden also has less than 1/30th the population of the US.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Sparko View Post
            In a country the size of my bathtub?
            Sweden has twice the population of a median-sized US state. You must have a VERY big bathtub. Does it have bubbles?


            A couple of basic graphs on crime in Sweden to give some background:

            Types of Crime in Sweden, Reported Crimes per 100,000 population

            Total
            Burglary
            Assault
            Sexual offences (including rape)
            Robbery
            Murder, homicide





            Total Gun Homicides in Sweden



            As the first graph shows, total crime in Sweden has been relatively flat. The number of murders is only a tiny fraction of the total crime. Yes there has been an uptick in the total number of gun-homicides in the last few years. It's still only a tiny fraction of crime though. From what I can see on the internet, there's quite a lot of studies being done in Sweden looking at why gun homicides are rising.
            Last edited by Starlight; 04-19-2018, 08:43 PM.
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            • #7
              Originally posted by demi-conservative View Post
              Sad!



              Too much diversity!
              The US would benefit from following the Swedish example in many ways, from it's generous social welfare system to its enlightened prison system, which has done successfully what the US won't even consider. Look and learn:

              https://mic.com/articles/109138/swed...n-t#.tJkvjMC4y
              “He felt that his whole life was a kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it.” - Douglas Adams.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Starlight View Post
                Types of Crime in Sweden, Reported Crimes per 100,000 population

                Total
                Burglary
                Assault
                Sexual offences (including rape)
                Robbery
                Murder, homicide




                As the first graph shows
                As first graph shows, manipulation of y-axis is everything.

                Also x-axis, where is latest data after 'let all refugees in!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!'?
                Remember that you are dust and to dust you shall return.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Tassman View Post
                  The US would benefit from following the Swedish example in many ways, from it's generous social welfare system to its enlightened prison system, which has done successfully what the US won't even consider.
                  Things are alright when population is almost all white.

                  Until it isn't, like we saw. Sad!
                  Remember that you are dust and to dust you shall return.

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by demi-conservative View Post
                    As first graph shows, manipulation of y-axis is everything.

                    Also x-axis, where is latest data after 'let all refugees in!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!'?
                    Oh, it is graph from wikipedia.

                    Get out of thread, Starlight, you are too deceptive and dumb.
                    Remember that you are dust and to dust you shall return.

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Sparko
                      40 in a year? Wow. The US wouldn't hit that total until Jan 2nd...
                      In a country the size of my bathtub?
                      Originally posted by Terraceth
                      Sweden also has less than 1/30th the population of the US.
                      So neither of you noticed that accounting for population disparity only means that the US would reach Sweden's total on Feb 2nd rather than Jan 2nd.
                      Last edited by Roy; 04-20-2018, 03:53 AM.
                      Jorge: Functional Complex Information is INFORMATION that is complex and functional.

                      MM: First of all, the Bible is a fixed document.
                      MM on covid-19: We're talking about an illness with a better than 99.9% rate of survival.

                      seer: I believe that so called 'compassion' [for starving Palestinian kids] maybe a cover for anti Semitism, ...

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by demi-conservative View Post
                        Things are alright when population is almost all white.

                        Until it isn't, like we saw. Sad!
                        Um, didn't you say in disparaging tones that it was the result of "progs". So now "progs" are "alright". Gotcha!
                        “He felt that his whole life was a kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it.” - Douglas Adams.

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Tassman View Post
                          Um, didn't you say in disparaging tones that it was the result of "progs". So now "progs" are "alright". Gotcha!
                          Demi will use simple words: it was alright, then prog made it not alright with diversity obsession of theirs.
                          Remember that you are dust and to dust you shall return.

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Roy View Post
                            So neither of you noticed that accounting for population disparity only means that the US would reach Sweden's total on Feb 2nd rather than Jan 2nd.
                            Well, was that number literally reached on January 2nd in the US? I'm having trouble finding the exact numbers on "gang-related gun deaths" in the US in this or last year for a point of comparison.
                            Last edited by Terraceth; 04-20-2018, 05:34 PM.

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Roy View Post
                              So neither of you noticed that accounting for population disparity only means that the US would reach Sweden's total on Feb 2nd rather than Jan 2nd.
                              Did you notice that total is not same for all parts of US, that Diverse parts are special??
                              Remember that you are dust and to dust you shall return.

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