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Old 12-13-2010, 09:17 AM   #19
Stimpy
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A big swing and a miss here. The gentleman in this video is Pat Condell and he has a big axe to grind with anyone who disagrees with his point of view, especially those of the Muslim faith. This may not be surprising as he is also a noted Atheist and willing to challenge anyone on religion. He tends to lay at the feet of Islam any problem possible. Some may say that he is prophetic in his diatribes but others say he misses the point altogether.

My major problem with Condell is he is fast and loose with the facts. He will latch onto a topic and present what he finds that fits his narrative rather than drilling deeper to find the facts. I find that to be dishonest. For example, in this particular instance he repeats a fallacy talked about on RW web sites. The following link is from a 2009 blog entry.

http://theopinionator.typepad.com/my...-of-rapes.html

The reality is much different. Here at the 2009 rape statistics for the world.

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_rap-crime-rapes

The United States leads the way by a massive margin. Embarrassingly, Canada comes in 3rd. Of European countries the United Kingdom leads the way at #7 on the list. Sweden comes in at #22, with 1/6 the incidents of rape as the UK. For those concerned about per capita statistics, Nationmaster doesn't let you down.

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cr...pes-per-capita

Iceland leads the way for EU countries at #10 with the UK coming in at #13. Sweden is not listed in the top 65, but doing the math it puts them on par with the UK. So is there an axe to grind here? Nope. Just a wind bag taking at run at a subject he likes to rail on about without looking at the actual facts. Maybe he's still butt hurt about Sweden being rated a better country to live than the UK.



Here's more of his rants.



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