| From: | Avenger <Avenger@*******.DEMON.CO.UK> |
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| Subject: | Is Shadowtk too violent? |
| Date: | Fri, 20 Feb 1998 14:06:45 +0000 |
fear that the violence portrayed on Shadowtk may be a little
unrealistic. As one enterprising gentleman mentioned earlier this year
"Too many people get killed, there'd be more of a reaction from the
Police and Security, I find it difficult to believe that there is this
much violent crime going on, even if it is Shadowrun, which is
inherently more violent because if fits the genre. The police and other
forces would lock the streets down if it was this bad."
Well, it was I felt at the time, a fair comment, but the nature of the
posts into the list were the actions of a regular number of characters
and the violence in general was within acceptable boundries, not
reflecting a situation "across the board" so to speak. As everyone is
more than aware, I have a nasty habit of escalating the street violence
on the list at regular intervals. :)
The following document was sent to me last year and in my recent
burrowing of my hard drives I came across it again. I am looking for
thoughts from the list members regarding the claims laid out in the
document, and am curious as to how people who live in the US see the
claims, and whether the situation portrayed in that, and the other
documents I recently posted would escalate beyond reasonable acceptance
levels in Shadowrun. The economic situation and civil/societal
situations have degraded considerably compared to today's society. How
do you feel this would reflect against statistics on casual and violent
crime in the future following these circumstances.
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THE UNITED STATES IS A TICKING VIOLENT CRIME BOMB...
By Steve Macko
In a report that was issued by a commission of crime experts in early
January, it was said that violent crime in the United States is a
ticking bomb ready to explode. In a contradiction of official statistics
that say crime levels are dropping, The Council on Crime in America said
in their report that crime "remains at historic highs. America is a
ticking violent crime bomb, and there is little time remaining to
prepare for the blast." The commission took special note of the rise of
crime by youthful offenders.
The Council on Crime in America is headed by former United States
Attorney General Griffin Bell and by former national drug czar William
Bennett. Other members of the commission include the state attorneys
general from Florida and Colorado and a Philadelphia prosecutor. The ten
man commission painted a very grim picture of the criminal mayhem that
is occurring in the United States.
According to the commission, the official FBI crime statistics are only
the tip of the iceberg of what is really happening on the streets of the
nation's cities. The report that was issued said that the crime rate,
which was based upon surveys of victims and not just only on crimes
reported to the police, show that violent crime was almost six times
higher than what is officially reported. Official statistics said that
in 1993 there were about two million violent crimes reported to
authorities. But based upon victims reports, the commission estimated
that there were actually 11 million violent crimes committed in 1993.
The council said that the risk of person becoming a victim of violent
crime in the United States was greater than being injured in an
autombile accident. 51.5 per 1,000 adults a year compared to 22 per
1,000.
The report said that the fastest growing category of homicide in the
United States was murder by street gangs. The commonly-held view that
most murders are committed against people who know one another is no
longer true. The report said that most murders were now being committed
by strangers.
(c) EmergencyNet News Service, 1996, All rights reserved.
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