It’s unsupported. It’s just from a blog post. No statistics, unlike the 6 and 9 numbers. Why would anyone use such a number as if it’s useful? Do you really believe unsupported assertions that are just from some guy’s blog are good and usable data?
I don’t really care, we’re not arguing about the provenance of the data but the accuracy of the analysis. I’m going to assume from your changing of the subject that you concede that accuracy.
Not that it was an unsupported figure, of course, the source was cited in the blog.
No, I’m just learning a lot by reading the posts of the real statistics gurus.
A broken link is not a “source”.
Our criminal justice system and law are biased because of its territorial monopoly privilege. If the people of Ferguson would have chosen protection services in an unhampered market, they would have likely chosen a force that A) is mindful that an unfavorable swing in opinion would result in bankruptcy and B) was focused on protection of bodily and property rights.
As it is Ferguson had a monopoly provider of “protective” services. This is characterized by a force that:
A) sees no threat to its power and status as provider of services from the community it oversees (an intentional use of the word). In fact, the reaction to its incompetency has likely caused a great financial windfall to most officers on the force in the form of increased overtime due to protests.
B) is focused on dominating the population psychologically.
“Our societal quest for equality” is a disturbing phrase. Please take a step back.
WillFarnaby, if you want to launch one more libertarian crusade, open a new thread to do it.
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I agree with iiandyiiii. You are double counting. If blacks commit 6 times more fouls per match than whites, then over their careers they will commit 6 times more fouls than whites. Suppose 1000 matches in a career. A black player has 6000 fouls, a white player, 1000: a 6 to 1 ratio.
The fact that they have double the playing time is already accounted for in the 6 times per match rate.
I was assuming by “double playing time” he meant “played twice as many matches”. I don’t follow basketball, so I may have misunderstood the analogy.
I don’t think a secret cabal of America’s top leaders plans long-term evil schemes in whispers over golf. What happens is much more vague and insidious. War industry didn’t show up at the White House with a truckful of cash and say “We need another stupid war, Mr. President. If you can blunder and turn a 2-year war into an 8-year war, that would be especially great!” Instead Presidents start their foolish wars and “law and order” programs for reasons other than direct graft.
BUT, American politics are greased by money. As ideas are floated through Congress, pros and cons are debated but the influence of money inexorably makes itself felt. As, for example, the drug decriminalisation debate has its ups and downs, powerful or moneyed interests have the edge. Small changes at the margins add up, with no need for special conspiracy.
Private prisons are probably a good example. A clear majority of Americans oppose the idea, yet the industry grows. The abuses by private prisons are scandalous. But so what? People care, but corporations are what matter.