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Arkansas Granny

(31,528 posts)
Fri Feb 28, 2014, 02:36 PM Feb 2014

VILLAGE IDIOT: The menace that is the heterosexual

Experts estimate the number of homosexuals in the population is somewhere between 2 percent and 10 percent. Since many people are reluctant to tell their sexual preferences, it is hard to make an accurate assessment. Whichever number is true, it would mean that:

Ninety percent of the people convicted of felonies in this country are heterosexuals.

Ninety percent of all theft is committed by heterosexuals.

Ninety percent of all wife-beating is done by heterosexual men.

http://www.pharostribune.com/opinion/x1196456159/VILLAGE-IDIOT-The-menace-that-is-the-heterosexual

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VILLAGE IDIOT: The menace that is the heterosexual (Original Post) Arkansas Granny Feb 2014 OP
Not a logical assumption at all HERVEPA Feb 2014 #1
Yes.. I hate it when those who don't understand statistics try to use them... hlthe2b Feb 2014 #2
it's meant satirically yurbud Feb 2014 #4
I am the one who knocks! yurbud Feb 2014 #3
 

HERVEPA

(6,107 posts)
1. Not a logical assumption at all
Fri Feb 28, 2014, 02:48 PM
Feb 2014

Last edited Fri Feb 28, 2014, 03:50 PM - Edit history (1)

It is possible that homosexuals are either less likely or more likely to do any of these things.

Logic 101

hlthe2b

(102,357 posts)
2. Yes.. I hate it when those who don't understand statistics try to use them...
Fri Feb 28, 2014, 03:29 PM
Feb 2014

to draw ridiculous conclusions, when no conclusion should be drawn.

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