Men are pigs...

[User 11148]

Wonder how India would stack up life-expectancy-wise if not for this dowry-related violence.

 

[YankeeFan]

Wonder how India would stack up life-expectancy-wise if not for this dowry-related violence.

You're a smart guy. Do a little math, and get back to us with the numbers.

Be sure to show you're work -- no fancy power point presentations, just give us the facts.

 

[Vombatus]

A small fraction of one percent. 1 in 2200, down by 50 years or so.

Still awful though.

 

[93Devil]

So trolling is what you two have planned to do today?

YF, DQ's powerpoint didn't even include a citation slide, IIRC. I would expect him to do better. You, not so much.

 

[YankeeFan]

Devil, you're good at putting things in perspective.

What's an acceptable number of murders per 1,000 women, over a dowry? Is 0.9 a good number?

 

[User 11148]

YF and I have no central plan ... we simply wait for order to emerge, as if effected by an invisible hand.

 

[93Devil]

Devil, you're good at putting things in perspective.

What's an acceptable number of murders per 1,000 women, over a dowry? Is 0.9 a good number?

Never said it was acceptable.

The number I found shows that if I went to a local high school, one female at that school would be murdered over dowry if something similar was done in America.

Perspective does not confirm or reject a premise; it makes it more tangible or clear to the reader.