We object to any murder that can easily had been avoided due to government policies. We release too many thugs from prisons, we don't lock up deranged mentally ill, and we allow criminal illegal aliens into our country. All because of bleeding heart liberal policies in our justice system.
The US has a murder rate that is FOUR TIMES higher than the murder rates in other first world countries.
List of countries by intentional homicide rate - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia
According to wikipedia
The USA 4.7 per 100,000
The UK 1.0
Spain 0.8
France 1.0
Germany 0.8
Austria 0.9
Switzerland 0.6
Sweden 0.7
Norway 2.2
Australia 1.1
Holland 0.9
New Zealand 0.9
Iceland 0.3
Canada 1.6
All countries who have a comparable economic situation.
So why is the US more than double the highest of these countries? What is going wrong?
I mean, many of these countries liberals are more left wing, policies in these countries are generally more left wing. And yet murder rates are lower.
Some of these countries even have guns, to a certain extent. Not like the US, but guns are still there.
So, what is going on in the US?
The US, richest country in the world, with an education system which is good for the rich and poor for the poor. Ghettos in inner cities that help keep a cycle of poverty, and still no one really seems to care too much. Opportunities are often far away for those in the inner cities, they're simply told that everyone can make it. Whereas in other countries governments are pro-active and they see the results of this. Whereas the in the US everyone can always deflect the blame (as will no doubt happen in reply to this post) and nothing will ever happen.
One example of this was Jamie Oliver's TV program where he went to a school in a place which has a high level of obesity, and he attempted to change attitudes to eating in schools. He was told he'd have to prove that his project worked before anyone would go near it. He couldn't prove it would work until he implemented it. But he can't implement it until he's proven it. He can't prove it until he's implemented it. He can't implement it until he's proven it.
Then it gets worse. Michelle Obama says kids should be restricted to one ketchup sachet per school meal and the right go nuts. They think that kids have a right to eat as many as they like at school.
Forget teaching kids about healthy eating. Forget trying to solve a major obesity problem. No, simply attack anyone who tries to tell you that what you're doing (in ignorance) is not good for you.
How is anything ever going to change and get better which such an attitude?