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		tjr225 on Aug 23, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: In effect, Seattle is decriminalizing the use of h... No such thing was done. You can find instances of awful stuff happening in any city- anywhere in the world. This is exactly what makes statistics useful.

drak0n1c on Aug 23, 2019 | [–]

Statistics can be misleading. The vast majority of incidents aren't reported, and if they are filed they are filed under generic labels.

memmcgee on Aug 23, 2019 | [–]

But anecdotes can be misleading too. The only thing left then is ideology.

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