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I guess the rest of the world didn't get those memos..
WTF? This country is being lead by the worst clueless POS in history.
Instead of just making an emotional overreaction, people on here might want to try google before they start blindly complaining about Obama. The data shows that yes, the world is less violent than it ever has been. I'm not sure if people sit in a hole in the ground and refuse to read newspapers, magazines, etc, but it's not like this hasn't been written about.
The number of people killed in battle – calculated per 100,000 population – has dropped by 1,000-fold over the centuries as civilizations evolved. Before there were organized countries, battles killed on average more than 500 out of every 100,000 people. In 19th century France, it was 70. In the 20th century with two world wars and a few genocides, it was 60. Now battlefield deaths are down to three-tenths of a person per 100,000.
If someone has called POTUS "the worst clueless POS in history" based on their main thesis and that thesis turns out to be wrong, shouldn't that person accept that title for themselves?
You'd have to be somewhat dull to think that the world is more violent. There are isolated wars but can you honestly say there is more war and violence then there has ever been? I think the Tea Partiers unfortunately really believe the propaganda FOX News feeds them. The world is really more violent now than WWII?
WWII, Stalin purging 20 million people, China purging 45 million, Cambodia killing 1 million. Yes, the world is a heck of a lot less violent now than before. even in US, murder rates have been cut to half since early 1990s.
WWII, Stalin purging 20 million people, China purging 45 million, Cambodia killing 1 million. Yes, the world is a heck of a lot less violent now than before. even in US, murder rates have been cut to half since early 1990s.
But yet you have some politicians and people on these boards clammering for "Stand your ground" laws, and liberalized open carry laws because they "need to be able to protect themselves," in spite of murder rates and violent crime rates being the lowest since we started keeping accurate records. Add to that police forces that are militarizing their equipment and it points to a fear of a changing country more than a rational need for protection.
I think Obama is just trolling conservatives. Every time he says something, anything, they go nuts posting their frothing rage that he exists far and wide. Even a relatively benign statement like this.
Did Bush troll too? He got similar reactions from your side.
What kind of "leaders" troll instead of lead? So you think Obama is trying to divide the country and stir the pot purposely? How is this presidential behavior?
WWII, Stalin purging 20 million people, China purging 45 million, Cambodia killing 1 million. Yes, the world is a heck of a lot less violent now than before. even in US, murder rates have been cut to half since early 1990s.
Ok, as long as the numbers are below Stalin, China, Hitler then we're good.
I guess the rest of the world didn't get those memos..
WTF? This country is being lead by the worst clueless POS in history.
You have no clue about the thread you started.
His statement is absolutely correct.
Do some reading for a change, and turn off Limbaugh and Fox News for your primary source of information.
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