Where would we be without crime?
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Crime (in general): thought to be the work of Satan, proven to be the activity of the masses. Crime is this Nation's largest employer and the mover of more money through our economy than any other activity. To prove this point, simply try to envision how our society and its economy would be with the total absence of all crime: no police, no private security industry (rent-a-cops, etc.), no lawyers, no judges, no courts. no FBI, no ATF, no law makers (senators, representatives, county supervisors, city councilpersons, etc.), no criminal justice system of any kind, half as many firefighters (arson and criminal code violations account for most fires), half as many doctors, nurses, and hospitals (with all their supporting personnel) to take care of all the stabbings, beatings, shootings, poisonings, and a host of others injuries and ailments brought about as the result of crime, no more lock, key, and safe industry, few walls and fences would be needed, the media (TV, news- papers, etc. would have to lay off thousands without crime stories and dramas), the paper industry would all but collapse, two million inmates would have to be released, a million hookers would have to be cared for, and the number of industies, large and small, that supply all the cars, vans, buses, helicopters, uniforms, medical supplies, and thousands of other products and services that are needed as the result of crime, would simply disappear. Without all crime, tens of millions would be instantly unemployed, millions upon millions of square feet of real estate would lie vacant, and the domino effect from all this would bring ruin. And just who is committing all this crime? There aren't enough atheists and freethinkers around to hold accountable. Got any ideas? The ads say "Take a bite out of crime." (Don't take too big a bite, it just may cost you your job or business.)
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in canada..or at least in ontario...low income housing is way different than america's.  once you get into low income housing in ontario...after five or ten years(can't really remember) and if you keep the place up(not nasty, no one going to jail) they give you the house.  there are no slums, no real ghettos, no real violence.  perhaps if americans did this the crime rate may go down.\n\n\nobviously in the inner city, like say in Toronto, there are places you don't want to be at night.  but the overall crime rate is much less than it is anywhere in the states.
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Anywhere a crime has been committed.
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I couldn't agree more.  Assuming you have time-lined the Cole the WTC bombing in 2/26/93 the embassies etc.\n\nThat fact is crime is out of control in this country.  The Midwest is experiencing a massive surge in violent crime (St Louis MO named most violent city).  How much safer would we REALLY be had we used a portion of the $330 Billion on domestic law enforcement?\n\nThe GOP is selling us an illusion of security in the meantime we are rotting from within.
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What crime might that be?
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no I dont think so\n\nmaybe morality in some areas would go down but things like rape and murder are in society's best interest to prevent and punish.\n\nYou have evidence of this in atheistic communist countries that still had laws against theft murder and rape.
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Poverty causes crime, and if you don't abolish poverty, there will always be new criminals driven to crime
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If people freely roamed the world, language barriers would be rampant as would disease, and my personal belief is that the entire world would be separated into a thin very rich crust, and a subsistence level remainder of society. Meanwhile violence would be the norm, if at a somewhat more controlled level than some of the genocide areas.  That would be better for some in the world than what they have now, but would be much much worse for us.
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Would create a country, but hold all the land privately and build an exclusive resort on one side and keep the other side for me.  That way it could generate money and being a country would have the law establishment that would make people feel more secure about visiting the island.  I would be the government and there would be STIFF penalties for breaking the law - especially drug charges and crimes against people or involving violence.  I also hate thieves (work for it like everyone else) so I guess I would just have to make the penalty for all crimes start at 20 years and go on up and convicts would have to serve an absolute minimum of half of their time to be eligible for parole and all criminals would be deported to their homeland.  (remember this is my island and I am the only one who lives on it everyone else just visits or works during tourist season and then goes home).
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It is not at all dangerous outside the cities. Probably more safer.\n\nWe have crime like every country but I think you would find that most people are decent and friendly.\n\nAs a young woman, I feel very safe in this country.
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Hopefully, prisons will be used for "violent criminals" only. Other criminals should do community service work..like picking up trash etc.
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No. Around here a big deal crime is drunk driving or petty vandalism. Around the nearest big city it is drive-by gang shootings setting new highs in the murder rate.
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Here's one idea. You could argue about the crime rate in your community (assuming that you have crime in your community).I just know that crime is a big issue. For instance, you could argue about needing a larger police force or something. If you don't have a large crime rate in your community, then argue about better schools, or better garbage collection, or more sanitary restaurants. The possibilities are endless.
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Honestly, it's not guns that create violent crime, it's PEOPLE.  It's the people that abuse and disregard the law that contribute to violent crime.  \n\nKeep in mind, the U.S. is dramatically larger in size compared to England and Japan, so naturally they would have less crime, regardless of gun laws.  \n\nEngland is similar to the size of New York State, and Japan is similar in size to Maine.  These are very small countries in comparison to the U.S.  \n\nMore people = More crime
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Only about 50% of the crime would end.  The rest is done by mexicans.\n\nThis is not a stereotype.  It is statistical fact:\n\nhttp://www.amren.com/997issue/997issue.html
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For. Part of our problem in this country is lack of punishment. Without the threat of punishment crime goes wild. We need to make the punishment fit the crime and stop letting people off on technicalities.
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The one all over riding cause of crime is bad parenting. With truancy being the for most indicator of future criminal behavior