[lbo-talk] German school gunman 'kills 16'

[Mark Bennett]

Sure.  I was just looking at the gross numbers overall, like at the Olympic
games.  In this particular "event" we take the gold, Canada the silver, and
the Aussies take the bronze.  Certainly given Canada's tiny population
compared to the U.S. 6 such killings indicate a greater rate than in the
U.S.

On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 10:29 AM, shag <shag at cleandraws.com> wrote:


>
> > This being the internet and all, Wiki has a list by nationality:
> >
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Spree_killers_by_nationality
> >
> > A brief, dismal read indicates that the US has far and away the most such
> > killers, with 49 listed, and 50 soon to be.  Australia appears to come in
> > second with 5.  I doubt if this list is complete, however, as none from
> > Great Britain are listed, and believe there have been several of such in
> > the
> > Mother Country.
> >
>
> i think you'd have to analyze across countries as a rate since the
> populations of the countries are so different. in other words, that there
> are 10x as many American spree shooters as in other countries might only
> mean that the US has 10x the population as those other countries.
>
>
> shag
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