Michael knowls talked about that

at least that is what my math teacher told me in Germany... the USA I didn't learn a dang thing in math... your guys calculus was behind as well....

K

True

we are behind in math

But ahead in guns

the murder rate of UK and US are pretty similar... in fact I think the UK might have higher murder rate because the rate people over there poison each other is crazy

so outlawing guns didn't stop the murder rate?

Not random btw

Wait USA has 5 per 100k but japan has .3 per 100k

> so outlawing guns didn't stop the murder rate?
@Meryl.140.15 nope they just found new methods

it's like if someone wants to kill another they'll find a way to do it

> Wait USA has 5 per 100k but japan has .3 per 100k
@Violin yea but Japan is TOTALLY different....

look at countries with somewhat similar cultures....

plus if you look at the justice system in Japan and the conviction rate it is INSANE

which is WHY the crime rate is so low over there......

98% conviction rate or something crazy like that

Ok thanks

look at western countries and stay away from Japan in particular because they are a HUGE outlier when it comes to murder rates

Wait does that make it bad that we don’t convict people who kill?

that isn't what I am saying

I am saying that 98% of people accused of a crime over there go to jail.... the 2% must provide overwhelming evidence that they didn't do it

Ohhh

Ok I get it

reasonable doubt there doesn't exist... look at Europe and Australia more they are closer to the USA culturally than Japan... Japan is strange even to most Asian countries

i heard japan population is decreasing

due to people deciding to date electronics over other people

which is a good thing Meryl.... it is a small nation with over 150m people on it

that is part of it 😛

is it a good thing?

for them yes

Wait but if they have a high conviction rate doesn’t that mean there are less than 0.3 per 100k?

i think the culture is good to

persevere

conviction means they were proven to have committed the crime

murder rate is just the number of people killed by other people

as I said... Japan is strange... to everyone....

i might be ignorant here but isn't america the only place where it's innocent until proven guilty

So if those people are actually innocent should the real rate be lower

there is a saying over there and I am paraphrasing... the nail that sticks out will be hammered down... or something