O'Reilly on Amsterdam: lies and statistical ignorance

[Buffett and Colbert]

They use the metric system.

Duh. That's why the statistics are different!

[Free Soviets]

and for fucks sake, quit using USian. ITS AMERICAN.

pobrecito

[Parthenon]

Amsterdam is a shithole.

1.2 homicides per 100000 inhabitants compared to America's 5.6 sounds pretty awful. Ditto with the 2.4 drug related deaths per million to America's 38.

Drug death statistics are garbage, people do that to themselves.

Homicide rate is also pretty much negated when you realize that a majority of those are just shitbags killing shitbags. If the rate went up another 10 people or so it would be even better.

[Desperate Measures]

They use the metric system.

Duh. That's why the statistics are different!

A range is still a range but a median is a royale with cheese.

[Hamilay]

Homicide rate is also pretty much negated when you realize that a majority of those are just shitbags killing shitbags. If the rate went up another 10 people or so it would be even better.

Ahahaha oh wow.

I mean, you're arguing that a high homicide rate is a positive sign of a healthy society. I'm not even sure what I else can say to this.

[Buffett and Colbert]

Amsterdam is a shithole.

1.2 homicides per 100000 inhabitants compared to America's 5.6 sounds pretty awful. Ditto with the 2.4 drug related deaths per million to America's 38.

Drug death statistics are garbage, people do that to themselves.

Homicide rate is also pretty much negated when you realize that a majority of those are just shitbags killing shitbags. If the rate went up another 10 people or so it would be even better.

A shitbag is still a person you know. And not all people who are killed are shitbags either.

[New Central Europe]

I'd very much like some kind of Dutch Tourist Board to sue O'Reilly for slander of libel or some such. If he's going to make factual claims about Amsterdam then I don't think I'm alone in thinking it'd be fun to make him prove it or apologise for his ignorance.

Indeed. Can they sue? I very much hope so.

Presumably if they did they'd have to do so in the US court system, but aside from that I have no idea.

They'd have invade the US in order to get us to repeal the 11th amendment.

[Sdaeriji]

Amsterdam is a shithole.

1.2 homicides per 100000 inhabitants compared to America's 5.6 sounds pretty awful. Ditto with the 2.4 drug related deaths per million to America's 38.

Drug death statistics are garbage, people do that to themselves.

Homicide rate is also pretty much negated when you realize that a majority of those are just shitbags killing shitbags. If the rate went up another 10 people or so it would be even better.

So, your theory is that a higher homicide rate is a good thing?

[Ifreann]

Amsterdam is a shithole.

1.2 homicides per 100000 inhabitants compared to America's 5.6 sounds pretty awful. Ditto with the 2.4 drug related deaths per million to America's 38.

Drug death statistics are garbage, people do that to themselves.

People don't exist in a vacuum. No man is an island and all that jazz.

Homicide rate is also pretty much negated when you realize that a majority of those are just shitbags killing shitbags.

Don't you mean when I assume that based on nothing more than your word that it is so?

If the rate went up another 10 people or so it would be even better.

So you're saying that America is a better place because more people are killed there? The mind boggles.

[Free Soviets]

"The way they do statistics is different"

...

...

...

What the fuck?

They use the metric system.

never trust anything done in base ten. if your data isn't being collected in furlongs, you're a commie.

[Gelgisith]

(much snippering by G.)
"The way they do statistics is different"

And that's why I'm not even going to bother to say anything about this.

I'm very torn. On the one hand, it utter taurine excrement, on the other... Nah, gonna follow your example after all.

[Free Soviets]

Homicide rate is also pretty much negated when you realize that a majority of those are just shitbags killing shitbags. If the rate went up another 10 people or so it would be even better.

hooray for compassionate conservatism!

[The Alma Mater]

Amsterdam is a shithole.

Well.. I will admit it is a hole at the moment due to the "brilliant" metro construction.
I will also admit there is a lot of dog and pigeon shit.

[Rejistania]

They use the metric system.

never trust anything done in base ten. if your data isn't being collected in furlongs, you're a commie.

Oh, base 10 is evil now? Sweet 16, sweet hexadecimal

[Parthenon]

1.2 homicides per 100000 inhabitants compared to America's 5.6 sounds pretty awful. Ditto with the 2.4 drug related deaths per million to America's 38.

Drug death statistics are garbage, people do that to themselves.

Homicide rate is also pretty much negated when you realize that a majority of those are just shitbags killing shitbags. If the rate went up another 10 people or so it would be even better.

So, your theory is that a higher homicide rate is a good thing?

Not theory, fact. There is no disputing that the nation would be a better place if all the shitbags dealing drugs, feeding off our government, raping women, robbing banks and convenience stores, doing driveby shootings, running out on their families, mugging pedestrians, carjacking motorists, shooting at officers, etc..., were to all end up in a ditch simultaneously.

[Ifreann]

"The way they do statistics is different"

...

...

...

What the fuck?

They use the metric system.

never trust anything done in base ten. if your data isn't being collected in furlongs, you're a commie.

The metric system is the tool of the devil! My car gets 40 rods to the hogshead and that's the way I likes it.

[Rejistania]

(much snippering by G.)
"The way they do statistics is different"

And that's why I'm not even going to bother to say anything about this.

I'm very torn. On the one hand, it utter taurine excrement, on the other... Nah, gonna follow your example after all.

I am so going to use the expression 'taurine excrement'!

[Sibirsky]

Amsterdam is a shithole. There is nothign wrong with what he said. Hell, if you watched the ACTUAL report you would realize it covered positives as well.


and for fucks sake, quit using USian. ITS AMERICAN.

yes I am tired of that shit. You can do that for ANY country. The Saudis will be know as KSAian, the Chinese as PRCian. The Brits as UKian. The Russians RFian. Catch my drift? It's AMERICAN as Parthenon correctly pointed out.

[Gelgisith]

They use the metric system.

never trust anything done in base ten. if your data isn't being collected in furlongs, you're a commie.

Furlongs, firkins & fortnights, eh?

[Aggicificicerous]

Ahahaha oh wow.

I mean, you're arguing that a high homicide rate is a positive sign of a healthy society. I'm not even sure what I else can say to this.

It's really quite clear. Countries like Sudan and Somalia are obviously the best places to live. With all those shitbags being killed, soon, only good honest citizens will remain.

[Dakini]

Amsterdam is a shithole.

1.2 homicides per 100000 inhabitants compared to America's 5.6 sounds pretty awful. Ditto with the 2.4 drug related deaths per million to America's 38.

Drug death statistics are garbage, people do that to themselves.

But when your position is that legal drugs make it more likely that people will do drugs and harm themselves and then the place with legal drugs has fewer overdoses %-wise...

Homicide rate is also pretty much negated when you realize that a majority of those are just shitbags killing shitbags. If the rate went up another 10 people or so it would be even better.

But when you claim that a place is overrun with organized crimes and that it is unsafe compared to another place and then the statistics show that the "better" place has more homicides... it make your claims questionable.

[Lunatic Goofballs]

Amsterdam is a shithole.

1.2 homicides per 100000 inhabitants compared to America's 5.6 sounds pretty awful. Ditto with the 2.4 drug related deaths per million to America's 38.

Drug death statistics are garbage, people do that to themselves.

Homicide rate is also pretty much negated when you realize that a majority of those are just shitbags killing shitbags. If the rate went up another 10 people or so it would be even better.

I'm gonna need a source for the bolded claim please.

[Sdaeriji]

Not theory, fact. There is no disputing that the nation would be a better place if all the shitbags dealing drugs, feeding off our government, raping women, robbing banks and convenience stores, doing driveby shootings, running out on their families, mugging pedestrians, carjacking motorists, shooting at officers, etc..., were to all end up in a ditch simultaneously.

I lolled.

Let's extend this argument, shall we? According to you, the higher the homicide rate, the better, right?

[Rejistania]

never trust anything done in base ten. if your data isn't being collected in furlongs, you're a commie.

Furlongs, firkins & fortnights, eh?

Furlongs, firkins, fortnights and fahrenheit! *nods*

[Psychotic Mongooses]

I lolled.

Let's extend this argument, shall we? According to you, the higher the homicide rate, the better, right?

Ooooohhh. I really wanna see where this leads.... *puts fingertips together*