Here's the thing: right now, if you were to commit a crime that was sufficiently serious for the Plot to really care, and it was incredibly obvious you were the perpatrator, well, it would still… (View Post)

I'm amazed he lived as long as he did, given his lifestyle. (View Post)

It's a Full Time Equivalents number, generated by multiplying the total number of government employees by hours of productive work, and the adjusting for the total number of working hours in a y… (View Post)

Here's the thing: if people don't feel safe, they don't go out. Tourism is reduced. People need to spend money on security, rather than on things that generate economic returns. The re… (View Post)

I don't actually think it would be particularly hard to reduce crime significantly. I don't think it requires some radical reshaping or our criminal justice system. I think it merely requir… (View Post)