gobbledonk Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 I thought it was one of those hideous towns in Mexico - Ciudad Juarez or Medellin - but over time it appears that El Salvador has the numbers. My link Of course, 6 months is a long time in statistical terms - this writer claims Honduras has move to the top spot: Honduras Murder Capital of the World Whether its Colombia, Venezuela, El Salvador or Honduras is less startling to me than the fact that they are killing more of their own people than the Iragis OR the Mexicans, and the root cause of the violence is identical in each of the South American countries. Endemic corruption, cyclical poverty and gangs from the Barrio acting as hitmen and enforcers for the drug barons. Most of us are just numb to these stories by now - South America may as well be Africa or the Middle East. Thanks again, Spanish colonialists - bang up job. Lets hope Argentina doesn't slide into the hole you dug for your other former colonies, including the Phillipines. A couple of quotes: 2011: Its rate of 65 homicides per 100,000 people makes its crime rate three times higher than Mexico; even with the conflict in Iraq, in the years between 2004 and 2009 more people were killed per capita in El Salvador. 2012: Honduras, a nation of 7.6 million, now has the highest homicide rate in the world — 82.1 murders per 100,000 residents, compared to 5.5 per 100,000 in Florida. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horneytorney Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 Spanish colonialists - bang up job. Lets hope Argentina doesn't slide into the hole you dug for your other former colonies, including the Phillipines. a bit simple way of thinking! The colonialists are guilty for the mess in the country many decades after they left! That's the same simplicistic thinking like those who say, were certain countries still colonies, everything would be in much better shape! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 The US might be in better shape today if Washington had surrendered to Cornwallis instead of the other way around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radioman Posted July 14, 2012 Report Share Posted July 14, 2012 At least you would spell proper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted July 14, 2012 Report Share Posted July 14, 2012 I've read that the main reason England didn't adopt simplified spelling was because the Americans had done it first. Noah Webster was the prat most responsible for it. He called his dictionary "The New American Dictionary of the English Language". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallenda Posted July 14, 2012 Report Share Posted July 14, 2012 At least you would spell proper properLY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radioman Posted July 14, 2012 Report Share Posted July 14, 2012 properLY Then you missed the joke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted July 14, 2012 Report Share Posted July 14, 2012 It's real easy to miss, dude. Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horneytorney Posted July 14, 2012 Report Share Posted July 14, 2012 a negligent use of one's mother tongue! luckily in USA everybody speaks english as a foreign language so they are excused! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyebee Posted July 15, 2012 Report Share Posted July 15, 2012 What color shall we paint the theater tonite? Gray, mebbe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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