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Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek
I agree a little, but you have to look at the big picture. Look at what's being sold in stores. You see tabloids and most of what you see is negative. It shows celebs doing illegal things and getting away with it, or serving little or no time in jail for their actions. The gun laws have also changed in some states which is also a problem. The respect level for parents from their kids now is much lower than it was years ago. I totally disagree with you when you said it's not any different. The graphs that I looked at showed a steady rise in crime from adults who were at one time problem children. A lot of teenagers are also doing serious crime now.
It's really not that hard to see. It really doens't take science, statistics and graphs to figure it out. My opinion was pretty much right on, and I didn't need to look at any graphs or statistics to make that determination.
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Actually, yes, you do. You can't just say, "Well, in 1940 there were x amount of people in prison and now there's 3x that." What about the population boom? Even besides that, there are TONS of contributing factors - like ones I already mentioned - that DO make a difference. Your opinion is not completely, if at all, correct, and you should not present it as fact.