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posted by [personal profile] eftychia at 05:26am on 2009-03-14

"I remember watching Micheal Moores documentary 'Bowling For Columbine' where he makes the interesting observation that Canadians have nearly the same rate of gun ownership as the states. So why the vast difference in gun crime between the two countries?

"Both countries speak English, both have a racial mix of people from all over the world, so the difference in violence statistics between the two countries is rather puzzling.

[...]

"The only real difference I could find between the two countries, was the male circumcision rate, like the US 55% and Canada 12% circumcision rates."

-- Metafilter reader dollyknot (Peter Turland), 2009-03-08

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posted by [identity profile] sodyera.livejournal.com at 09:46am on 2009-03-14
This is a truly interesting take on "Boys and their toys."
 
posted by [identity profile] vvalkyri.livejournal.com at 03:53pm on 2009-03-14
an example of idiotic reasoning -- correlation v causation?

Unless your full quote spends a whole lot more time talking about how Canadians are identical to those in the United States (and I'd imagine many Canadians would take exception to such an idea) then the poster is full of it.

"England and Scotland arae two different countries" for the purpose above it would be like comparing Maryland and Virginia. Same health care system, same school philosophies, similar culture, and a whole lot of cross border movement.

:rolls eyes:
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posted by [identity profile] dglenn.insanejournal.com at 04:17pm on 2009-03-14
I interpreted it as being largely tongue-in-cheek, and used it here in that spirit -- someone else farther down in the comment thread I plucked it from tossed in some more meaningful/relevant differences, and even there the analysis remained shallow.

"many Canadians would take exception to such an idea"

I've got a quote about that, that I've been saving up until I have the nerve to face the wrath of my Canadian friends for posting it ... ;-)
 
posted by (anonymous) at 06:50am on 2009-03-16
Which definitely explains why Jews make up the highest percentage of gun-violence criminals in this country.....

The truth is that no one really seems to know the answer to that question.

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