Wikipedia site that lists countries and their murder rates, downloaded and sorted the data. Oh, I bet you know what's coming. Does the United States have the 9th worst murder rate? Noooo. The tenth? Nooooo. Eleventh? Twelfth? Top fifty? No.
The truth is that the United States has the 94th worst murder rate in the world. Not the 9th. The 94th.
Now, I realize that you didn't write the article. But what does it say about you that your article says something that is patently RIDICULOUS and you didn't question it, much less vet it before deciding to further spread it? It either says that you're stupid or dishonest. You decide.
I didn't bothered looking beyond that one statistic - the first one I checked - because I don't have to. The article is full of sh*t, just like you.
Hey, it's been much too long. We need to catch up. How are the wife and kids?
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