Ever heard of extrapolation? Basically, it’s when you take some figures and project forward as happened with the Salk polio vaccine – only their extrapolation went wrong, and kids developed polio after having received the vaccine.
And extrapolating is exactly what the Italian anti-immigrant Northern League party's Sandro Mazzatorta did when he addressed Italy’s Senate.
His figures stated that, (and I quote), "Foreigners committed 60% of the attempted homicides, 60% of the robberies (and) 82% of the muggings,"
These figures are based on the city of Brescia.
Now Brescia has a population of 190,000 – Italy has a population of approximately 59.5 million!
Now by my calculations Brescia has a population equivalent to 0.032% of the total population of Italy. I guess the figures he quoted were supposed to be applied to the whole country – sure that was what he intended Senate members to think.
I did try to find the crime figures for Brescia, but not being able to read Italian, was unsuccessful. However, seems to me this particular statistic from our learned Senator Mazzatorta was designed to inflame sentiments rather than give a real idea. As the old saying goes, there are 3 kinds of lie – a lie, a damned lie, and statistics.
So now illegal immigrants will receive longer prison terms in Italy, (and I am not agreeing with illegal immigration believe me).
The church and left-wing politicians claim that this move may well encourage racism – occurs to me there is little need to encourage racism – it’s fairly rife, even amongst Italy’s political leadership.
I do believe, (or at least hope) that the majority of Italians are non-racist. Such group are called the silent majority here in England.
Well, it’s about time the silent majority in Italy stood up and made themselves heard – otherwise it’s a case of them being tarred with the same brush and end up being called primitive backward provincials.
And extrapolating is exactly what the Italian anti-immigrant Northern League party's Sandro Mazzatorta did when he addressed Italy’s Senate.
His figures stated that, (and I quote), "Foreigners committed 60% of the attempted homicides, 60% of the robberies (and) 82% of the muggings,"
These figures are based on the city of Brescia.
Now Brescia has a population of 190,000 – Italy has a population of approximately 59.5 million!
Now by my calculations Brescia has a population equivalent to 0.032% of the total population of Italy. I guess the figures he quoted were supposed to be applied to the whole country – sure that was what he intended Senate members to think.
I did try to find the crime figures for Brescia, but not being able to read Italian, was unsuccessful. However, seems to me this particular statistic from our learned Senator Mazzatorta was designed to inflame sentiments rather than give a real idea. As the old saying goes, there are 3 kinds of lie – a lie, a damned lie, and statistics.
So now illegal immigrants will receive longer prison terms in Italy, (and I am not agreeing with illegal immigration believe me).
The church and left-wing politicians claim that this move may well encourage racism – occurs to me there is little need to encourage racism – it’s fairly rife, even amongst Italy’s political leadership.
I do believe, (or at least hope) that the majority of Italians are non-racist. Such group are called the silent majority here in England.
Well, it’s about time the silent majority in Italy stood up and made themselves heard – otherwise it’s a case of them being tarred with the same brush and end up being called primitive backward provincials.
Two little girls died last Saturday - just Roma, no problem. Pray to which ever god you worship that this trickle will not turn into a flood - the first witch-hunt of the 21st century right here in our own E.U. backyard.
If you doubt my word - connect to everyonegroup, ( a group of which I am proud to be a member), at the top right hand of this page - read the reports and search the news - see, then, if you can stand aside while a Roma pogrom grows in our midst.
See ya
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