September 29, 2004
5 O'Clock Funnies?
I saw this cartoon and thought, yeah, why can't life and the 5 O'Clock news be a bit more like this?
Then I thought, wait a sec, I've been reading all the crime stats, and crime, especially violent crime, is WAY down over the past 30 years. Yet, at the same time, crime reporting on tv is up something like 600% I read in one study, and everyone's running around locking doors, buying guns and guard dogs and alarms for their houses!
Don't give in, life's not going to hell folks. Things just keep getting better ;-) Violent crime is at its lowest level ever since the Justice Department started keeping tabs on it.
Here's another article highlighting decreases in crime and increases in fear purchases. Just google "crime is down" for more!
From the excellent Strange Brew comic