An Earth Filled With Violence.

BRAZIL: "In reaction to a mounting wave of violence, hundreds of thousands of people filled the downtown streets (of Rio de Janeiro) expressing fear and anger over crime that has made a captive of their city." --- International Herald Tribune.

NIGERIA: "The family unit, churches, mosques, schools and clubs have failed in their duty of preventing youths from crime, according to police spokesman, Mr Frank Odita." --- Daily Champion.

CHINA: Gangsters are staging a comeback in China and major crime seems out of control.
. . . Chinese experts say the number of gangs and 'secret societies' are growing faster than the police can count them." --- The New York Times.

PHILIPPINES: "Six out of every ten families in the Philippines say they don't feel safe in their own homes or on the streets." --- Asiaweek.

GERMANY: "The gap between readiness to resort to violence and the occasion that prompts one to do so has grown steadily narrower. So it is hardly surprising that violence has become an everyday occurrence." --- Rheinischer Merkur.

RUSSIA: "Mafia-like gangs have transformed a city (Moscow) that in Soviet days was one of the safest in the world into a virtual criminopolis......
'In my 17 years on patrol, says police lieutenant Gennadi Groshikov, "I have never seen so much crime in Moscow, nor have I seen anything as vicious.'" ---Time.

GREAT BRITAIN: "The threshold of violence has gone up and there's an increasing likelihood the offender will use violence as a first resort." --- The Independent.

SOUTH AFRICA: "Unbridled and virtually uncontrolled violence is threatening every one of us, and everything we do --- and something radical must be done." --- The Star.

IRELAND : "Mafia-style criminal families have taken root in inner Dublin and in its poorer western suburbs. The gangs are increasingly well-armed." --- The Economist.

TAIWAN: "In Taiwan....rising rates of robbery, assault and murder have trickled into society...Indeed, crime rates are creeping up and in some cases surpassing those in Western countries." --- The New York Times.

MEXICO: "Crime has risen so fast in such a short period of time that it is alarming." --- The Wall Street Journal.

UNITED STATES: "The U.S. is the most violent nation in the industrialised world....No other industrialised nation comes close." --- Time.

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The above table has been taken from the February 22^nd 1998 issue of Awake! magazine. Yes, I obtained a copy early, and found the article associated with this disturbing to say the least. Reading these snippets from the stated origins makes you wonder what the world is coming to. Axiompc.