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From: mom@sftri.UUCP (Mark Modig)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: \"Why not send the men home?\"
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Date: Thu, 2-May-85 23:18:21 EDT
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> 
> My sister has a theory, which I find thought-provoking.  She says,
> (and I have seen elsewhere) that better than 95% of violent crimes
> are committed by males; females are more likely to be victims.

...

> a curfew.  My sister contends that a curfew for men should be
> instituted as this would drastically reduce violent crime. 
> let men out when willingly accompanied by a woman.
>
>                                     Respectfully,
>                                     Joanne Munson

Your sister's reasoning and yours (since I infer from the fact that
you posted this "respectfully" you agree with what is said) contains
a fatal flaw.  You say that men are responsible for virtually all
violent crimes and then make a tremendous and unwarranted jump to
the conclusion that a curfew for men would drastically reduce
violent crime.  Tsk, tsk.  Didn't you learn anything in school?
Fact:  Men are responsible for virtually all violent crime.
Fact:  Violent crime should be reduced where reasonably possible?

From this, your conclusion is:
Men should be kept in at night??????

Nonsense, the correct conclusion, since the statistics you quote say
nothing about when violent crime is committed, is:

Men should be kept home. Period.

You'll have to give me some statistics to support your assumed
conclusion that it is safe to let men out during the day.  There! 
Now I'll just crawl back into my cage before the wife realises I've
gotten out....

Respectfully submitted {:-)}
Mark Modig
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