Not for the first time, you seem to have a reading comprehension problem. Try reading my post again and see what it actually says and doesn't say.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine <salsunshine@...> wrote: > > On Mar 9, 2011, at 10:32 AM, feste37 wrote: > > > That's a bit like saying a snowstorm in March disproves global. The ME > > effect was never predicted to eliminate crime, only to reduce it. > > Reduce it from *what,* feste? > That's just parsing words. > > There is no evidence that I've ever seen > that FF has less crime than other comparable > towns. In fact, petty thievery and esp. bicycle > thievery seems to flourish here, moreso than > any of the major cities I've ever lived in. > I don't know what the stats are for murders > in towns this size, but we've had~~I think~~ > at least 3 with several attempted murders > in the time I've lived here. So if it's your > contention that the ME is actually working, > you must imagine FF to be something like > Beirut. Or Bosnia. Hopefully you're not that > cynical but that's what it sounds like. > > Sal >
