Mike Haas wrote:

> NRA MEMBER INFORMATION                                       10/12/99
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>         SHADES OF AUSTRALIA:  BBC REPORTS CRIME UP IN UK
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>                "By Jove!  What bloody 'appened?"
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>         "Sit down, mate.  We'll tell you all about it..."
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>   NRAWinningTeam.com extends it's comprehensive report on Australia
>   with highlights of an Oct. 10th BBC News article showing that the
>   UK is going the SAME WAY AS AUSTRALIA -- CRIMINALS ARE HAVING A
>   FIELD DAY!
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>                        Just one example...
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>      "...The crime rate is expected to soar for the first rise in
>      five years when official figures are published this week.."

Now hang on a second. If you had actually bothered to examine this data a
little more closely. The 'huge' rise in crime is actually an illusion
caused by a change in the way that the figures a calculated.

http://news2.thls.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid%5F472000/472242.stm

It is not possible to directly compare these figures with past rates.

Lies, damn lies and statistics.