uncle arnie wrote:

If you look at crimes per 100,000 of population, the Canadian crime rate is
indeed lower than the US's. Them's the numbers for a fair comparison. Of
course, all European countries and Japan all have per capita crime rates
lower than Canada (source, Stats Can).


A friend in England says "When you sleep with dogs, you get fleas". I
now wonder if he meant that as a disparaging remark.



mike


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Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No
matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got
there first, and is waiting for it.


Terry Pratchett