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In reply to the discussion: America is weak. [View all]EdwardBernays
(3,343 posts)39. Not sure
. .where you dug that chart up, but no other developed country have anywhere near the gun violence that America has.
OK lol. I just realised you're comparing America to places like Zimbabwe and Honduras. Lol.
What that chart ACTUALLY shows you is that the VAST majority of countries have a dramatically lower level of gun violence.
And there's NO country with a median income approaching the US's with anything close to the same level of gun violence.
Stupid chart is stupid.
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Me too--it's easy to criticize here. Not so much in other places, I've noticed. nt
MADem
Nov 2015
#51
Contrast craven America with even-keel Europe and the difference is pretty stark.
Surya Gayatri
Nov 2015
#7
Good post. My parents are English, and we visited London frequently in my childhood.
cwydro
Nov 2015
#23
"No other culture is like American culture and many of its issues(eg gun violence)are uniquely..."
EX500rider
Nov 2015
#37
So you mean "uniquely American" if compared to other cherry picked European countries..
EX500rider
Nov 2015
#41
You just can't call it "uniquely American" if more then half the countries..
EX500rider
Nov 2015
#49
Wrong, so wrong. Our government is weak, only held together by the Executive branch.
Rex
Nov 2015
#32
Well sure everyone has their own culture, but Americans are neither more nor less scared
Rex
Nov 2015
#54
What Americans? Just because the pols and teevee say we're afraid doesn't mean we are.
valerief
Nov 2015
#33