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What a terrible article. It essentially argues against a previous position that amounts to a bunch of "I guess"es... And does so with nothing but it's own, new
by gota 5y ago
What a terrible article. It essentially argues against a previous position that amounts to a bunch of "I guess"es...
And does so with nothing but it's own, new guesses.
When they do deal with data, they are both unclear and, it seems, aim more at manipulating emotion or finding "but"s than honestly considering probable causes/consequences/correlations
Skip this article in favor of better, data driven ones
- ensignavenger 5y agoThe author of the article admits that they don't know the answer to the question. Do you have any suggestions for a better, data driven articles that address this particular issue?
- clearcoat 5y agoI mean I am seeing this with my own eyes, and I am seeing numerous incidents go totally unreported that aren't going to show up in statistics anyway.
- dekhn 5y agoOr, you could just take the word of people living in the Bay Area. Not all social situations are best analyzed by passive data observation. Instead, you should listen to people who live or work in these neighborhoods, as they see this happening (going unreported, because why report something if the police don't do anything?) constantly. Really, constantly.
- msrenee 5y agoDoes reducing a crime from a felony to a misdemeanor constitute decriminalization? I'm honestly curious. That's not how I've understood the term to be used.