RS> Thats not true actually, the murder rate has been STATIC for
 RS> well over fifty years, in fact if anything its dropped a
 RS> little.

 BG> I know that, and I'm not actually talking about murder at all

  Rod always asserts a STATIC murder rate, but it isn't so. Here are
the figures from Australian Yearbooks: 1968, '75, '85, '92.

  Year  Homicides  Rape  Population
  64     270       260     10.5M
  72     400       600     13.0M
  82     700      1300     15.0M
  90     960      2100     17.0M

  The murder rate in 1964 was 25.7 per million
                     1972     30.8
                     1982     46.7
                     1990     56.5

  Where is Rod's STATIC rate? The murder rate has doubled in the last
30 years, steadily, year-by-year. As usual, Rod is all shit whenever
he says something that can be checked. All you need is a yearbook.

  Anyone with half a brain and a few years on the clock knows
Australia is a much more violent place than it used to be... and the
figures confirm it. Especially rape!

Regards,
Bob
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