Interesting chart

[PepperElf]

http://chartsbin.com/view/1454

It's a current chart of murder rates for the world, based on how many murders/homicides per 100,000 people.


Insert Malcom Reynold's "Huh" sound.... I've been to a county that's in the 29.84 - 40 range. It was back in early 98 on my first deployment (Republic of South Africa). Dunno if it was better or worse back then tho.


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[lordlundar]

Insert Malcom Reynold's "Huh" sound.... I've been to a county that's in the 29.84 - 40 range. It was back in early 98 on my first deployment (Republic of South Africa). Dunno if it was better or worse back then tho.

Probably worse. That was a time when the republic was controlled by the wealthy 1% white people and the black people there not only tolerated a form of "racial cleansing" but encouraged it.

Just recently a local paper did a story of emigrants and put one of a family from S.Africa. If you think racism is bad in the US, you clearly haven't been to s. Africa.

[PepperElf]

When I was there, they had what looked to be old bus station lots or something that people were using for cardboard housing. A few blocks away from ritzy hotels.

Cities visited: Durban & Cape Town.

[gremcint]

can't help but notice how nice and lightly coloured Canada is.

Come to Canada we're too polite to commit murder.

[dalesys]

Come to Canada we're too polite to commit murder.

They'll just introduce you to the great Canadian outdoors... in winter.

[Chanlin]

It's a current chart of murder rates for the world, based on how many murders/homicides per 100,000 people.

Come to Canada we're too polite to commit murder.

Aren't there only 100,000 people in Canada?

[sms001]

Wow, great site PE, thanks!

[Josh]

can't help but notice how nice and lightly coloured Canada is.

Come to Canada we're too polite to commit murder.

Knowing the evilness of man and the remoteness of some locations I bet that theres much that goes unreported.

Some Canadians that were unpolite:

Paul Bernardo, Wayne Boden, John Martin Crawford, Léopold Dion, William Patrick Fyfe, Gilbert Paul Jordan, Allan Legere, Clifford Olson, Robert Pickton, Peter Woodcock

and the latest: Luka Magnotta.

[Chromatix]

No, Greenland is marked "no data", possibly because it's a dependant territory rather than a country in it's own right.

Note how much lighter Finland is than Russia, and also Japan and South Korea compared to North Korea (which I'm very surprised they *do* have data for). Looks like the murder rate is a pretty good indicator of civilisation.