"In America murders tend to be random people killing random people"? I'm fairly sure most murders/violence in the US, like everywhere, are within families or relationships, or are gang-related.
According to the FBI, "For the incidents in which the relationships were known, 76.8 percent of the victims knew their killers and 23.2 percent were slain by strangers." 33% (!) of female murder victims in the USA were killed by their husband or boyfriend.
I was reading up on the Japanese legal system a while back... apparently, part of the reason the official statistics show very low crime rates (and very high clearup rates) is that the system is very overloaded and police and prosecutors are rewarded for performance. So they tend to cherry-pick the most high-profile/easy cases, and a lot of crime doesn't even get investigated or recorded in statistics.
And yeah, the (stereo)typical Japanese attitude to women/sexuality sucks. :/ Not that the typical western attitude is that much better. *rolls eyes*
One of the first questions I was ever asked was "How many times have you been shot?"
Not, "Have you ever been shot?" but they automatically assumed I HAD been shot, the only question that remained was how many times. They were confused by my answer and even seem vaguely disappointed that I had never, in fact, been shot. Nor had I known anyone that had been shot. They were even more floored by the fact that I had never even actually seen a gun.
Yepp, Japanese people think that it's dangerous EVERYWHERE (not only America), but Japan. That's why one of the first question when they travel somewhere is: How likely is it that something will happen to me? etc.
Japan is definitely safer than America or some other countries, but like you said there's still tons of stuff going on here. I've heard of people standing by, just watching while some slaryman was beaten up by a Yakuza guy. Actually the yakuza are dangerous and criminals, but Japanese people ignore that. Why? Well, .... because they think (and it's true most of the time): the yakuza will leave ME alone, so I'm safe, but when I go to another country those criminals won't leave me alone, so this time something MIGHT happen TO ME!!
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besides, i never said "most", i just said "tend to be" which means "often are", not "more often than not are". :P
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According to the FBI, "For the incidents in which the relationships were known, 76.8 percent of the victims knew their killers and 23.2 percent were slain by strangers." 33% (!) of female murder victims in the USA were killed by their husband or boyfriend.
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fine. Japan`s murders are still more bizarre imho. >_>;;
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I was reading up on the Japanese legal system a while back... apparently, part of the reason the official statistics show very low crime rates (and very high clearup rates) is that the system is very overloaded and police and prosecutors are rewarded for performance. So they tend to cherry-pick the most high-profile/easy cases, and a lot of crime doesn't even get investigated or recorded in statistics.
And yeah, the (stereo)typical Japanese attitude to women/sexuality sucks. :/ Not that the typical western attitude is that much better. *rolls eyes*
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Not, "Have you ever been shot?" but they automatically assumed I HAD been shot, the only question that remained was how many times. They were confused by my answer and even seem vaguely disappointed that I had never, in fact, been shot. Nor had I known anyone that had been shot. They were even more floored by the fact that I had never even actually seen a gun.
"Have you ever seen a gun?" I asked ( ... )
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That's why one of the first question when they travel somewhere is: How likely is it that something will happen to me? etc.
Japan is definitely safer than America or some other countries, but like you said there's still tons of stuff going on here.
I've heard of people standing by, just watching while some slaryman was beaten up by a Yakuza guy.
Actually the yakuza are dangerous and criminals, but Japanese people ignore that. Why? Well, .... because they think (and it's true most of the time): the yakuza will leave ME alone, so I'm safe, but when I go to another country those criminals won't leave me alone, so this time something MIGHT happen TO ME!!
*shakes head*
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