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I can probably tell you it's not due to people becoming more evil.

• tedunangst 15y ago
  Are you sure? Is there an absolute measure of evil or just what a particular society considers evil? As an example, when your graph started, people went to jail for sodomy. Now they don't. So if it's possible for society to reconsider something that was evil and decide it's not evil, surely the opposite must also be possible?
  • cheez 15y ago
    Something like one-third of convictions are for victimless drug crimes as I understand it.
  • JoachimSchipper 15y ago
    Come on, what are you actually trying to say?
    • tedunangst 15y ago
      I don't think more people in jail indicates the sky has fallen.
      • cheez 15y ago
        It has fallen for those. Boiling frog.