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Well, it certainly perks me up.

I wonder if piglets enjoy it?

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Oh the potions are only the half of it. You'd have to get a thorough waxing. Back, sack and crack.

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Smoke and mirrors is it? You should have taken the time to see that my comments are in response to claims that crime figures are higher in Canada than the US. My comments were nothing to do with the UK.

I personally don't see a lot of differences in crime in the UK vs Canada the murder rate is a notch higher but that's more to do with access to firearms. There are certain areas that are misrepresented such as rape - there is no such offence in Canada - period. Assault with a weapon is another - in Canada threatening someone with a weapon is classified as an actual assault with weapon even though no physical assault took place. If another country requires an actual assault with a weapon, Canada would appear to have a worse problem. Homicides are as equally perplexing - in Canada a homicide in the commission of a sex assault is automatically first degree as is a gang related murder as is the murder of a police officer, manslaughter simply isn't an option .There are numerous other examples that i can't be bothered getting into.

My comments around stats relate directly to the games police agencies play in crime reporting and how different countries quantify certain offences - it's difficult to compare apples to apples and it's often apples to oranges- I do know, after all I have the power to assign offence codes to files and trust me, it can influence stats - shall i assign an attempt murder code or assault causing for a stabbing????? Neither is incorrect, but the former is certainly a more serious offence.

Different police agencies have different policies surrounding their responses to certain offences and how they document them. VPD is terrible they are masters at manipulating crime stats, plus they don't even bother showing up for half of them and don't create a file if they don't show - we do - all contact with the public leads to the creation of a file. We also don't bulk file (creating one file for a series of offences).

These aren't just my opinions, they are often discussed in sociology. Real crime vs reported crime for instance. There's the notion of a 'dark figure of crime' that always exists and is constant - what is not constant is 'known crime.' Even medical advances have an affect - are murder rates going down because were are being nicer to each other, or is it because we are better at fixing people - what may have been a murder 10 years ago is now classified as an assault .

I've commented numerous times here on the perception of crime. My perception of Vancouver is that it feels a hell of a lot safer than Lancaster, Manchester, Plymouth, Glasgow and Miami where I have spent extended periods of time in the past . I also know that there are way less assaults against police officers here. Make of that what you will.

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Having been to semarang and pataya beach me self, I know what you mean.

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Very true - especially in small villages. When my son moved secondary schools, one of the first things he noticed was that everyone seemed to be racist. He asked a few of them why they were like that and they said it's because their parents are racist too.

I only came back here to be near my parents, while my kids were younger. And even if we don't get our Canadian visas, we won't be staying in this area.

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Fun for friends and family alike.

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I make of it that i) you've got guns and ii) the uk police are generally unpleasant gits

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Some have operations to remove the adams apple and it gets botched and they can no longer speak (like ever again). It's actually pretty miserable and depressing.

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Well at least you didn't have jibe about tasers, as I was expecting.

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Thats like kicking a puppy - it's just too easy and it's a bit old hat now.

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That does sound awful. :(

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That's all far too intelligent and well thought out for this late in the thread ;)

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You'll never guess what I'm having for dinner? :rofl:

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I know, but I couldn't resist. TV is crap afterall, I swear to god, when I look at the listings, it seems exactly the same every night. I need a a hobby!

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that was a chuckle. I should imagine if it was a 6,6 lorry driver from Hull named Bob, it would be easy to spot.