Or they've just redefined the categories as to what constitutes a sexual offence (could sexting between teenagers now be two counts of sexual liaison involving a minor plus an offence under publishing/electronic communication legislation?) to massage the figures like they always do.
The data on this are actually quite good, but the media rarely reports it well. The Home Office reports recorded crime together with the British Crime Survey, which is a half-decent measure of crime experienced. A quick flick at the original data (see e.g. http://rds.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs10/hosb1210.pdf) suggests that 'the report rate is up' is exactly what's going on here.
'Most serious sexual crime' recorded by the police ws up 7%, but the BCS datashow 'There were no changes in the overall prevalence of sexual assault between 2008/09 and 2009/10. The overall prevalence of sexual assault has fallen since 2004/05'. The simplest and most likely (though not only) explanation of the data is that there are slightly fewer sexual assaults going on but significantly more of them are resulting in a crime being recorded by the police.
It's still a startlingly low rate of reporting, though.
Interestingly, I agree entirely with the doctor about homeopathy being just like witchcraft but since he doesn't elaborate, I'm unclear whether his reasoning is that both are headology (as Pratchett so wonderfully calls it) or whether he is just using witchcraft as a derogatory term without being aware he is also correct.
He's being derogatory, fulling knowing EXACTLY why he's correct. He's simply not getting the same rhetorical effect if he calls it "Christianity" or "Scientology" or "complete nonsense", despite those all being, contextually, synonymous with homeopathy and witchcraft.
I was going more for the similarity between the power of placebos and the ability of people to believe they have changed the world by brainwashing themselves, but I'm sure you are quite correct about his reasoning on the matter.
I really can't tire of listening to covers and remixes of Depeche Mode songs. I guess because the originals were usually so clean. I remember buying the cd single of PJ and Enjoy the silence which had a several different versions from them.
Still, I haven't really heard anyone take a DM song and totally transform it. (ie, Johnny cash's version breaks your heart in two and then wraps it up, but it's still basicly DM's Melody and stresses).
Found myself listening to Joan Baez's 'Babe I'm Gonna Leave you' over and over again. Led Zep's version completely owned it for hard rock, but Baez's recording gives me chills.
I managed the two-minute challenge okay, which isn't surprising, since I meditate quite often. I found the timer ticking down actually made it harder, though.
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'Most serious sexual crime' recorded by the police ws up 7%, but the BCS datashow 'There were no changes in the overall prevalence of sexual assault between 2008/09 and 2009/10. The overall prevalence of sexual assault has fallen since 2004/05'. The simplest and most likely (though not only) explanation of the data is that there are slightly fewer sexual assaults going on but significantly more of them are resulting in a crime being recorded by the police.
It's still a startlingly low rate of reporting, though.
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Still, I haven't really heard anyone take a DM song and totally transform it. (ie, Johnny cash's version breaks your heart in two and then wraps it up, but it's still basicly DM's Melody and stresses).
Found myself listening to Joan Baez's 'Babe I'm Gonna Leave you' over and over again. Led Zep's version completely owned it for hard rock, but Baez's recording gives me chills.
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