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Maybe it would be a good moment to reflect on yourself and analyse why the things I say make you angry. It's all backed up by data and facts. If you would take
by dep_b 10y ago
Maybe it would be a good moment to reflect on yourself and analyse why the things I say make you angry. It's all backed up by data and facts. If you would take time to read the source (sorry if you can't read Dutch: the registered number of groups was 661, which is 40% of all municipalities) you wouldn't respond like that. The NRC is a very reliable (but a bit progressive liberal) newspaper.
I don't care about the US. This story is about The Netherlands and the "miracle" of empty prisons. I don't say you shouldn't feel safe, but I'm telling that things don't seem to be improving at least.
Unless you live in Amsterdam?
- akvadrako 10y agoIt doesn't make me angry, but you are giving people a bad impression. So you are not comparing The Netherlands to other countries but instead to it's past self? That isn't clear at all from your post. And you have evidence that the crime rate is increasing?
- dep_b 10y agoI'm reading a story about Dutch prisons with a lot of halleluja stories about how great the Dutch government is handling things, while the actual chance of getting convicted if you do something is getting lower every year together with the fact that fewer people actually report crimes. That also leads to less people in prison, or not? I don't mind that people get second chances and help after they were convicted for their crimes, but they are simply not getting arrested in the first place. Why would I compare The Netherlands to a country that's completely different like the US? That would make no sense. Germany is a very similar country. > And you have evidence that the crime rate is increasing? I never said that? Self-reliance in solving or preventing crimes is increasing.