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Humans have bloodlust. Let's not chaffer in national stereotypes.

• SideburnsOfDoom 5y ago
  Humans have bloodlust, and many other urges. Societies decide whether to encourage these, or not.
  • dash2 5y ago
    Sure. While the US has a higher murder rate than most (say) European countries, its overall rate of violent crime is lower than many European countries. For example it has fewer police-recorded assaults than Britain, Israel, Germany, Finland, Chile, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Iceland, Australia, Portugal and France. So, the explanation for the US' high murder rate is perhaps less likely to be "they encourage bloodlust" and more likely to be "they make it very easy to own guns". https://www.civitas.org.uk/content/files/crime_stats_oecdjan2012.pdf https://www.civitas.org.uk/content/files/crime_stats_oecdjan...
    • SideburnsOfDoom 5y ago
      > less "they encourage bloodlust" and more "they make it very easy to own guns" I agree entirely, but frankly it's a distinction without a difference.
• tomcooks 5y ago
  Humans have bloodlust, some make a fuss out of having to keep that in check for the sake of everyone else.