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Robb

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14. Bullshit. Both graphs are in proportion.

Reply to Gore1FL (Reply #10)

Mon Dec 17, 2012, 09:23 AM

Dec 2012

There is no distortion.

Your problem is you don't care for what they say.

Ignore one graph, or ignore the other. Can you meaningfully comment on the numbers either one presents? Or would you prefer to pretend your sensibilies about graphing are so offended that you're too rattled to even consider them?

Can you dig deep?

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Two U.S. graphs. [View all] Robb Dec 2012 OP

misleading bossy22 Dec 2012 #1

Children dying of gang-related, gun violence shouldn't be considered? NoOneMan Dec 2012 #3

Well, you know. Robb Dec 2012 #4

I'm with you Gore1FL Dec 2012 #5

Two stories. Two graphs. Robb Dec 2012 #7

Because that is how graphs work. Gore1FL Dec 2012 #10

Bullshit. Both graphs are in proportion. Robb Dec 2012 #14

If you wish to compare apples to oranges they are awesome. Gore1FL Dec 2012 #16

Careful, you might hurt my internet feelings. Robb Dec 2012 #21

What? Gore1FL Dec 2012 #23

Show me one study that calls 25 year-olds "teens." Robb Dec 2012 #6

Lots to be found at the Brady/VPC site. ManiacJoe Dec 2012 #12

Show me one. Robb Dec 2012 #13

Do your own homework. ManiacJoe Dec 2012 #19

You made the claim. Clearly an untrue one. Robb Dec 2012 #20

Whether or not you choose to believe them, ManiacJoe Dec 2012 #25

So knock the top 40% off and it's still a fucking horror show. TheMadMonk Dec 2012 #8

0-19. And your post is massively racist. Warren Stupidity Dec 2012 #9

I think it's misleading, too. Or doesn't represent what it intends to. Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #11

It makes a similar, if opposite, argument to that made about cars. Robb Dec 2012 #15

So the car graphs are valid? Gore1FL Dec 2012 #17

Who are you talking to? Robb Dec 2012 #22

You. Do you read your own subject lines? Gore1FL Dec 2012 #24

your defense pisses me off. spanone Dec 2012 #26

Thanks for the graphs - very enlightening and puts the carnage into perspective. byeya Dec 2012 #2

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Dec 2012 #18