
Originally Posted by
Berries
To be fair we* don't have the paedophiles, P houses and politicians that they have in the north island, so our news is not as exciting.
*Obviously I don't include Christchurch in this statement.
Not that I'm not guilty of generalising from time to time, in the interests of accuracy ahem....
A quick look at the police stats PDFs and it seems the rate of offences per 10000 population is pretty much on par with the north....
And just off the top of the head we have:
Aramoana massacre, Bain family killings, Ben n Olivia hope, beast of Blenheim, chch crèche (pre quake)...
Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket - Eric Hoffer
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