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That's not what I meant though - the statistics  show that there are more criminals from the Roma population. Whereas, for example, a recent poll shows the black people in the US are in fact not even close to the crime levels exhibited by the newly entering immigrants, especially those from Mexico. So the notion of "thieving blacks" is actually unfounded, at least now.

Darin, you still don't get it. A higher crime rate still doesn't make blanket statements of the "thieving blacks" type justified. If 10 instead of 1 out of 100 are criminals, that's still a small minority. (And if there have been a few reports of 'whites' being attacked in Gypsy quarters, as they have been in Bulgaria as well as Hungary and Slovakia, that still makes most of them safe.) Meanwhile, you still insist to take police statistics at face value.

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.

by DoDo on Mon Apr 17th, 2006 at 05:40:13 PM EST
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Are we are entering a discussion where we have to evaluate the morally acceptable ratio of criminals to population? Personally, 1/100 is fine, but 10/100 (every tenth person is a criminal) is frankly disturbing. I think we should compare to other European countries, because it may turn out Bulgarians and Turks steal a lot compared to other European countries' citizens.


And if there have been a few reports of 'whites' being attacked in Gypsy quarters, as they have been in Bulgaria as well as Hungary and Slovakia, that still makes most of them safe.

"White" people as you labeled them, enter gypsy quarters just as much as gypsies go out of their neighborhood. I believe we've seen or heard of accidents in both scenarios. The problem is that gypsies and "whites" keep a distance from each other, unless their job inolves close contact.


Meanwhile, you still insist to take police statistics at face value.

If there is another tool to measure the crime levels, please do share!

Be careful! Is it classified?

by darin (dkaloyanov[at]gmail.com) on Tue Apr 18th, 2006 at 12:47:24 PM EST
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