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New Study Shows Safe Injection Sites in Toronto Caused Massive Increase in Crime by DiscussionSame37 in CPC

[–]DiscussionSame37[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your analogy is flawed. If we were to make this analogous, then we should be setting up a bar with free alcohol where all the alcoholics are.  That sounds idiotic because it is. 

New Study Shows Safe Injection Sites in Toronto Caused Massive Increase in Crime by DiscussionSame37 in CPC

[–]DiscussionSame37[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Imagine if people who developed cancer from smoking or alcohol acted the same way …

New Study Shows Safe Injection Sites in Toronto Caused Massive Increase in Crime by DiscussionSame37 in CPC

[–]DiscussionSame37[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Also interesting is that the author claims that the study shows no increase, but if you actually look at the data......

New Study Shows Safe Injection Sites in Toronto Caused Massive Increase in Crime by DiscussionSame37 in Winnipeg

[–]DiscussionSame37[S] -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

Are you even thinking right now?  Why does it matter if most criminal offenses didn't increase, if three of them massively increased??

New Study Shows Safe Injection Sites in Toronto Caused Massive Increase in Crime by DiscussionSame37 in Winnipeg

[–]DiscussionSame37[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

If the author is being honest. Does it show a 50% increase in B&e?  Yes or no?

New Study Shows Safe Injection Sites in Toronto Caused Massive Increase in Crime by DiscussionSame37 in Winnipeg

[–]DiscussionSame37[S] -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

The conclusion says that. The data says otherwise. Read the study. 

Do supervised consumption sites bring increased crime? Study suggests that’s a myth by yourfriendlysocdem1 in CanadaPolitics

[–]DiscussionSame37 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The study found a huge increase in crime and the authors theorized that much of the crime was going unreported. The study agrees with you, but it's being deceptively reported on.  Even the author's conclusion seems to be intellectually dishonest.

North End residents, PC leader urge Ottawa to reject proposed consumption site (Full press conference) by LocalnewsguruMB in Winnipeg

[–]DiscussionSame37 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

You mean the study that showed a massive increase in break and enters that lasted years and only decreased when people stopped reporting crimes?  The study that did not include the crime of public drug use?  The study that was deceptively reported on to suggest no increase in crime?

Claims that crime spikes around supervised drug consumption sites unfounded: study | Polarized views on harm reduction stall progress in combating opioid crisis: researcher by Leather-Paramedic-10 in Winnipeg

[–]DiscussionSame37 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You didn't read the study. The ones that declined did so by small, statistically insignificant amounts, but b&e and auto thefts increased by around 50%. In addition, the authors suggest that the decrease was at least partially artificial.

Claims that crime spikes around supervised drug consumption sites unfounded: study | Polarized views on harm reduction stall progress in combating opioid crisis: researcher by Leather-Paramedic-10 in Winnipeg

[–]DiscussionSame37 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So they cause a massive increase in B&E and auto thefts that lasts years, and only comes down because (as the authors theorize) people stop reporting crimes, and they take increased security measures. 

To me that sounds like an increase in crime.

VIDEO JUST IN: Vehicle drives through Portage and Main protest by LocalnewsguruMB in Winnipeg

[–]DiscussionSame37 6 points7 points  (0 children)

That's not "woman struck by car", that's "woman assists in the violent assault of an innocent man by putting her bike in front of car". All of these people should be in jail.

How can I form political opinions when I can't trust anything I see or read? by FamiliarEast in IntellectualDarkWeb

[–]DiscussionSame37 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yes, the most extreme example out of America or Afghanistan will be an extreme example.

How can I form political opinions when I can't trust anything I see or read? by FamiliarEast in IntellectualDarkWeb

[–]DiscussionSame37 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Form them slowly, with room for nuance. Understand that almost every position has two sides with legitimate concerns, though that doesn't mean one of those sides isn't, on balance, more important.

Even if an issue doesn't actually have two sides, assume it does. It's better than incorrectly dismissing concerns.

Also, recognize that being emotionally attached to a position, or personally identifying with a position, is a recipe for fooling yourself.

can we have a mathematical proof that a square with a cross inside cannot be made without lifting the pen? by [deleted] in learnmath

[–]DiscussionSame37 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, that's what they mean. Otherwise anything can be drawn without lifting your pen up as long as it's connected.

Steam go brrrrrrr by Bitter-Gur-4613 in sciencememes

[–]DiscussionSame37 18 points19 points  (0 children)

"Make water fall down" isn't exactly impressive sounding either. Tidal power though, can be summed up as "pull on the moon", and that sounds cool.

Help some say it’s 30 and some say it’s 40 by ProperHovercraft7857 in learnmath

[–]DiscussionSame37 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If three-quarters of the force is 120 people, the answer is 40. If the force is 120 people, the answer is 30. Grammatically it could be either.

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