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Yeah Harper went WAY overboard with his politicized G.W inspired speech to Canadians about the evils of terrorism and how it infiltrated our land blah blah blah.. In retrospect it looks totally foolish. As much as we need to remember the two Soldiers lost - a little perspective needs to be put in order here.. One thing I notice is we take note and grieve but we move on with our lives in short order and don't overly politicize things.. We just put things in their rightful place here and its something I'm proud of as a Canadian.
From my own personal experience, living in both countries, I totally agree. I keep in touch with friends and family in Canada and the US, and visit regularly, and when I compare stories, Australia is definitely more violent - for the average person, in the average area, not talking about dodgy, known crime spots which are unsafe in any country. There's a general aggressive element to the culture, a feralness which can affect you anywhere, even in broad daylight. Much of it is due to alcohol abuse. Not just one or two drinks too many, but one or two litres too many.
Wow this is quite eye opening for me re Australia.. Is there a particular place? I heard Sydney can be quite dodgy.
From my own personal experience, living in both countries, I totally agree. I keep in touch with friends and family in Canada and the US, and visit regularly, and when I compare stories, Australia is definitely more violent - for the average person, in the average area, not talking about dodgy, known crime spots which are unsafe in any country. There's a general aggressive element to the culture, a feralness which can affect you anywhere, even in broad daylight. Much of it is due to alcohol abuse. Not just one or two drinks too many, but one or two litres too many.
Serious assaults are pretty much the same for Aus, Canada, US and NZ, probably due to similar definitions of what constitutes an "assault", community expectations and policing models:http: http://www.nationmaster.com/country-...Crime/Assaults
Canada has a lot more cities of size than Australia outside the big 5 in each.. More people that live in higher population centres the rate will typically go up..
I'm wondering about crime rates in the large cities like Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver vs Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane..
For some reason I keep hearing about Sydney and crime in the Australian context...
According to the article below there were 22 drive by shootings in Sydney in August and October of 2011 - honestly I've never head of such in any of Canada's cities. There seems to be more incidents of riots and racial violence ie the muslim riots in Sydney and the 2000 Crunella riots.
I'm curious more than anything.. I still think both countries are very safe and honestly i'd have no qualms visiting Australia - I know its a very safe country and any type of violence or crime would be rare - occasional riots aren't really a big deal and cherry picked sensationalized stories aren't the norm.. Toronto had the G20 riots in 2010 but that was more a political protest against the worlds elite and than a backlash against police for going overboard!
Canada has a lot more cities of size than Australia outside the big 5 in each.. More people that live in higher population centres the rate will typically go up..
I'm wondering about crime rates in the large cities like Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver vs Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane..
For some reason I keep hearing about Sydney and crime in the Australian context...
According to the article below there were 22 drive by shootings in Sydney in August and October of 2011 - honestly I've never head of such in any of Canada's cities. There seems to be more incidents of riots and racial violence ie the muslim riots in Sydney and the 2000 Crunella riots.
That spate of shootings was all gang related, IIRC there was a particularly bad week of tit for tat fgun violence.
Of course there is crime, but I have never felt unsafe in Sydney.
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