Quote:Well, the immigrants, obviously.

Nope 

Quote:Yes, of course, but that doesn't mean it's good for social order.

"social order" there is a buzzword....

(July 6, 2023 at 2:27 am)Helios Wrote:

Quote:Yes, of course, but that doesn't mean it's good for social order.

"social order" there is a buzzword....

Well, the evidence seems overwhelming that immigrants make a country feel less safe, doesn't it?

(July 6, 2023 at 2:25 am)Helios Wrote:

Quote:All studies are flawed, especially in social sciences. But you go with the best evidence you have.

Excuses excuses 

Well, I have published a few papers in social sciences, so I know what I am talking about. These are not merely excuses for my political beliefs.

(July 6, 2023 at 3:47 am)FlatAssembler Wrote:

(July 6, 2023 at 2:27 am)Helios Wrote: "social order" there is a buzzword....

Well, the evidence seems overwhelming that immigrants make a country feel less safe, doesn't it?

Yes, there is plenty of evidence that immigrants make the natives feel less safe (chalk it up to xenophobia). The question as to whether immigrants make the natives actually less safe is more problematic, since the majority of malum in se crimes in any society are not committed by the immigrant population.

Boru

I have opened a Politics StackExchange question about it, which has, thus far, received 17 upvotes and 4 downvotes (it is one of the most well-received questions I have ever asked on StackExchange). The general consensus seems to be that Croatians feel safe because most of the adults remember a time when walking the streets was very unsafe (the Yugoslav Wars), whereas most UK adults remember a time when it was slightly safer to walk the streets. Of course, that explanation assumes the Yugoslav Wars really happened, which I am not entirely convinced is true.

Nobody gives a flying shit about your upvotes on some other forum but you.

(July 6, 2023 at 2:08 am)FlatAssembler Wrote: I don't know much about Sweden, but, given what I know, it may very well be the most dangerous country in Europe.

Jesus.fucking.christ
Arent you overdoing it abit now?

(July 6, 2023 at 9:39 am)arewethereyet Wrote: Nobody gives a flying shit about your upvotes on some other forum but you.

Well, having reputation (upvotes minus downvotes) on StackExchange has some benefits:
1. It simply feels good. It means the community trusts you.
2. Having a reputation of 2'000 or more (like I have on Latin Language StackExchange) basically gives you moderator-like capabilities. Not that I am using those capabilities.
3. You can start bounties on your questions which you think haven't received enough attention. You know, the questions you actually need answers to, and you don't care too much about what other people think about how good your question is. I have done that multiple times, most recently with my question about syntax highlighting in my PicoBlaze Simulator. Internet forums aren't just there for fun, you know.
But maybe you are right, maybe I shouldn't be too proud of my reputation on forums. Maybe the fact that I have a reputation of almost 3'000 on the Latin Language StackExchange doesn't actually suggest I am an expert in Latin.

(July 6, 2023 at 10:29 am)Deesse23 Wrote:

(July 6, 2023 at 2:08 am)FlatAssembler Wrote: I don't know much about Sweden, but, given what I know, it may very well be the most dangerous country in Europe.

Jesus.fucking.christ
Arent you overdoing it abit now?

What do you mean?