From the just-released Crime Statistics, violent crime is up 12.3% on the prior year.
That is one heck of a jump. Especially after the 5 percent increase the year before.
Apparently the rise is mainly driven by family violence. This will be reported as good news because it demonstrates a growing intolerance of family violence and more reporting.
My question is, at what point does it stop being good news? Has anyone figured that out? Has anyone put a time limit on how long all the lefty brow-beating about domestic violence can go on for before we see a reversal in trend? Two years? Ten years? Or do we have to put up with nanny nagging us permanently simply because it creates an impression that 'something is being done'?
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I think the idea that this is thanks to the campaigns is bizare.
Aren't they supposed to be telling men not to beat their wives? That's what the ads I see say. So how does that become a reason for increased stats?
I believe the powers that be secretly love the grief that the criminal classes cause.
They give them a reason to impose more and more restrictions over the rest of us!
It is pretty hard to believe it is part of the family violence campign, That started in September - well into the reported year....
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