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In reply to the discussion: It's more dangerous to be a pre-schooler in America than it is to be a cop on duty [View all]Raine
(30,540 posts)82. How many cops are there vs. how many preschoolers are there in this country? nt
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It's more dangerous to be a pre-schooler in America than it is to be a cop on duty [View all]
MrScorpio
Dec 2012
OP
Here's a hint: Are there as many police officers in this country as there are pre-school children?
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#6
The difference between a statistical rate and a raw count is now an "NRA talking point?"
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#45
Your questions are insulting, and the math issue is plain as day to anyone who finished sixth grade.
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#55
Obviously police officers are at much greater risk of getting shot than preschoolers are.
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#76
Because they are too proud to admit that they have been caught at a deception, I suppose
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#46
thank you for stepping in so quickly to protect the reputation of the lowly gun
CreekDog
Dec 2012
#78
If that's the case, doesn't it make sense to have better gun control laws to prevent
Arkansas Granny
Dec 2012
#8
The title would leave the impression that pre-school is a dangerous place, which is wrong.
FarCenter
Dec 2012
#13
I got you. Absolute numbers of deaths in the respective populations say
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#17
Well, that's about five percent of the population and I think I'm being generous with that
Fumesucker
Dec 2012
#25
If we have to surrender critical, rational thought and logic to emotion in order to "win"
cleanhippie
Dec 2012
#49
As I said, that's about five percent of the population that will respond to rational thought
Fumesucker
Dec 2012
#56
We keep trying. Lowering ourselves to that level is regressive, not progressive.
cleanhippie
Dec 2012
#59
Politics isn't about facts and logic nearly as much as it is about emotion and tribalism
Fumesucker
Dec 2012
#26
I think the disconnect comes in the title of the OP vs. the material the OP cites. The
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#24
It's orders of magnitude safer to be in a preschool than to be a police officer
Recursion
Dec 2012
#32
The weight the two categories respective to the relative exposure to danger.
Ikonoklast
Dec 2012
#38
Hell, Sir, It is More Dangerous To Be a Truck Driver Than A Police Officer....
The Magistrate
Dec 2012
#39
This would be a great post if your science wasn't bunk. Do better next time.
WastedSaint
Dec 2012
#66
Statistics failure... there are probably about 10x more preschoolers than cops.
OneTenthofOnePercent
Dec 2012
#80