Op Ed

The Seattle Times - Video-game industry not to blame for gun violence.
Just like any other form of entertainment, there are a vast number of video-game choices. Don’t throw the whole industry under the bus because of a few games that happen to be violent. And even with those games, there is no proof that violent video games lead to violent acts.

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Quboid wrote on Mar 20, 2013, 12:52:
I explained how that explanation doesn't mean anything. I'll get back to you when I've done studies into the levels of policing, police corruption, poverty, national stability, smuggling, rich/poor divide, education, parenting and the thousands of other variables. Can you pencil in 10th September 2041? I might have it done by them. Or we could be adults and use reasonable estimates but evidently that's off the table.

"Non-developed countries" means countries that aren't developed. That's a widely recognised standard. (Edit: oh look, the places I used are the most developed! I must have edited that Wikipedia page!)

I did not intentionally remove any country and I stand by my estimation and you've yet to actually explain why it might be wrong. In fact, you explained why it might be right.

Please learn how to use quote tags.

So China and India, the two most populous nations on earth, aren't relevant to a discussion of murder rate as it applies to gun control, because they aren't developed. Right.

Per the link you posted, bolding mine:

q[A developed country or "more developed country" (MDC), is a sovereign state that has a highly developed economy and advanced technological infrastructure relative to other less developed nations. Most commonly the criteria for evaluating the degree of economic development are gross domestic product (GDP), the per capita income, level of industrialization, amount of widespread infrastructure and general standard of living. Which criteria are to be used and which countries can be classified as being developed are subjects of debate.]

So how are levels of policing, police corruption, national stability, smuggling, education, parenting, and the thousands of other variables you mentioned accounted for in this purely economic statistic?

We aren't getting anywhere here. You have repeatedly refused to support your assertion that developed vs undeveloped nations is a relevant metric to apply to murder rates. I'm not obligated to do it for you. Claiming it's reasonable, doesn't make it so.
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