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Old May 28th, 2008, 12:01 PM posted to uk.politics.misc,uk.local.london,rec.travel.europe,alt.politics.immigration,uk.transport.london
Andrew Thomas
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Default 838 violent incidents in 107 days on London buses

On May 28, 11:57*am, FACE wrote:
From *John B , *on Wed, 28 May 2008 02:37:10 -0700 (PDT)
:

On 27 May, 22:24, ‹ŽGoyfire Radio ‹ "WE...are the Good Guys"
wrote:
The scale of violence on London's buses is revealed today. An average
of eight crimes such as stabbings, sexual assaults and beatings are
reported each day - as well as 160 cases of criminal damage, fights,
fare disputes and drunken clashes.


Seems pretty reasonable - *with 2-3 million bus passengers per day (c.
2 billion journeys per year, most of which are returns), a 0.0084%
chance of being a victim of any crime, and a 0.00042% chance of being
a victim of serious crime, are pretty good odds.


Well yes, but what does the man standing at the back of the Clapham Omnibus
think?

FACE


The man standing at the back of the Clapham Omnibus is playing Shaggy
or something else suitably "urban" at 140 dB through a ****ty mobile
phone loudspeaker and glaring at you menacingly before throwing his
rubbish around the bus and saying "fock, fock" to his hooded
neighbour. Nice.