To Paul Stone: In one of the articles I posted there was indication that the U.S. looks worse in the murder category because it counts every homicide as a murder whereas, apparently, other nations count them as other things. Perhaps someone has made the murder statistic into a level playing field, but I haven't found that yet. But here is an older article apparently by a British Doctor deploring the situation in Britain. Would you really rather live there than in the U.S.? Assuming of course this doctor wasn't hallucinating. http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1282/is_25_54/ai_95612956 Lawrence _____ From: lit-ideas-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:lit-ideas-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Lawrence Helm Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 7:34 AM To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [lit-ideas] Assault Crimes I didn't find "Assault Deaths," but did find this on "Assault Crimes," and you are ahead of this U.S. in this category too. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1786945,00.html Lawrence