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The Grumpy Senator · Joined: 13 Jan 2008 Location: Up and down the 6 line

With China becoming the world's biggest economy in the next 10-15 years and their military growing like it is, you think the US will pull out if Korea?

ryouga013 · Joined: 14 Sep 2007

'Criminals' and 'people in prison' are not the same thing.
In the US people are crazy about sending people to jail, fines, marks on your permanent record, and other things that are
recorded for all time and eternity unlike many other countries.

I laughed at the Nigeria stat because there aren't enough jails or police force to keep many in jail. Hell, in the US you'd probably get put in prison for any of those email scams that are so popular coming from Nigeria.

China doesn't put too many people in prison, but they do have a "special bus you can ride!" if you're one of the lucky 6,000-8,000 "contestants" to play.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-06-14-death-van_x.htm

Korea, as stated before, loves to settle out of court. Well, they don't but that's what they are told they love to do by the older person that they hit because the older person had the right of way, regardless of what that pesky red light indicated.

Basically, yeah, on paper there are more Americans that are criminals by far. That doesn't mean that there are more criminal minded people in the US or that other countries are better at controlling crime.

(*it might still be true, but this fact alone does NOT make it so)

Typhoon · Joined: 29 May 2007 Location: Daejeon

It is pointless to compare the number of people in jail, charged, or arrested from country to country because each country has different laws, standards of enforcement, and punishments for breaking laws. Beating a guy with a metal bar will land you in jail in the USA or Canada and in Korea you get away with giving the guy 20 000 000 Won. How can you compare the two?

anyway · Joined: 22 Oct 2005

GoldMember · Joined: 24 Oct 2006

So 1 in 100 people in the US are in prison.
Big Deal!
In Korea 100 in 100 of all Foreign English Teachers are either:
Druggies
Pedos
Alchos
Sickos
Pervs
Losers

Hows that for a high success rate!

jajdude · Joined: 18 Jan 2003

It's good if only 1% are criminals. That's about the same % as those with schizophrenia. I would guess at least 10% of us, all over the world, are messed up enough, even if not disposed to crime.

SOOHWA101 · Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 4:17 am Post subject:

I�m rather surprised that none of you liberally educated, bleeding hearts haven�t offered reason or justification for these numbers. You most certainly do in other conversations that suit your agenda.

Watchdogs and �Sunshine� laws make these stats difficult to fudge, unlike in other countries. I agree that something is wrong, which I attribute to very strict laws, local and state entities cheating the Federal Govt for money, and of course the race/economic dilemma.

"If recent incarceration rates remain unchanged, an estimated 1 of every 15 persons (6.6%) will serve time in a prison during their lifetime."

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/crimoff.htm#lifetime

As far as the availability of firearms�well�.all the people that I know that deserve to own them pose zero threat to social harmony. Although a gun safes should be mandatory.

CeleryMan · Joined: 12 Apr 2007 Location: Seoul

More people in jail means an abundant supply of cheap labor for American corporations and local government. Longer incarceration increases the likelihood of parole violations which keeps the machine running. It's no coincidence Black males and other undocumented minorities comprise a disproportionate percentage of the inmate population.. no payroll tax, workers compensation, or health care costs. It's tragic but a brilliant system nonetheless.