Thread: Defenders of AZ law: a rebuttal NAVARRETTE

Originally Posted by Judy

Originally Posted by Seter

He posted opinions, not facts, which makes it worthless as a 'rebuttal'.

Exactly. Welcome to ALIPAC, Seter!

Thanks!

Been lurking around here for the past month or two, figured I might as well poke my head up.

Originally Posted by SicNTiredInSoCal

I have a hard time believing that crime rates go down with increased immigrant populations. Why is it that these small towns that have been taken over by IAs residents USED to be able to leave thier doors unlocked and there were no gangs and NOW they don't have that peace of mind anymore?

There may be a statistical truth to that one, but only statistical.

If an area is suddenly engorged with an extra 15 or 20% population, and that population does not report the huge majority of crimes then the "per capita incidence" will appear to fall while, in reality, it can rise drastically because of that population becoming "easy prey."

I actually asked a DPD officer about this not long ago because at a neighborhood watch type meeting the numbers were just not adding up on the crime statistics sheet he passed out compared to what we could see and have secondary knowledge of in the neighborhood.

This is part of an email the San Diego Union Tribune has just sent to their readers.

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Ninety percent of you say you want opinion pages that offer a wide range of viewpoints, while 8% of you prefer pages with more conservative viewpoints, and 2% express a desire for more liberal viewpoints. As for the editorials themselves, you ask that they be more informative, more thought provoking and less predictable.