X-Message-Number: 1046 From: Subject: Misadventure Date: Wed, 22 Jul 92 02:17:27 PDT Re message #1039, a lot of homicides must be considered the result of a psychopathology, the same as suicide, and the homicide rate has a very strong cultural component. Great Britain and Switzerland come to mind as examples of much lower homicide rates. Sorry I can't cite any numbers off the top of my head, but I felt, and still feel, that *much* lower homicide rates are possible. As a counter-example, the homicide rate among black males is about *five times* the aggregate rate for whites. Hugh Hixon at Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=1046