Global Homicide Rate

@UndeadSona It doesn't to me. Over a thousand people per day (actually 1,140/day according to @fakable) dead by the hands of another human being makes no sense to me.

@Thrust Yes I understand the definitions involved.

@sarabee1995 perhaps I'm just a bit too cynical but I don't expect much better from humanity. Fighting, killing, etc that's kinda what we do. And it's rough out there still for most people, so even if people are mostly trying to mind their own business, envy and greed can really make people do messed up stuff.

There's 7 billion of us but I bet a number of those homicides are either related or done by the same people or groups. Especially if you look at it from a a yearly perspective that's like half a million people. That's not even to consider how many of that group is less than 5 y/o.

@UndeadSona When you say "by the same people or groups" keep in mind that terrorism is a distinct category separate from this 1,000 per day. Or, I suppose you might mean drug gangs in inner cities? Yes for sure they would be big in the stats. I think my shock at seeing the number was simply that homicide was greater than all wars combined. Just struck me.

@sarabee1995 yeah I definitely meant gangs, i assumed terrorism was either tied to warfare or a another stat completely.