[Son House]

Though blacks account for just one-eighth of the US population, they are six times more likely than whites to be murdered, and seven times more likely to commit murder.

[Strange, words instead of numbers for this part;]

Though blacks account for just 1/8 of the US population, they are 6 X more likely than whites to be murdered, and 7 X more likely to commit murder.

[Prodigal Son]

Why is that strange? There are actually grammar rules to word versus number usage.

I think people stretch too hard to see things between the lines sometimes when what is important is actually spelled out for them in the lines themselves.

This is a pretty good article pointing out that the idiot lefties who want us to turn the prisoners loose and end life without parole are wrong. This article is written from a conservative viewpoint AGAINST liberal ideas.

No conspiracy.

Here’s a link to the grammar for numbers for your cotinuing erudition.

http://www.grammarbook.com/numbers/numbers.asp

[agere_contra]

IIRC the unwritten rule here in the UK is that numbers less than about twenty get put into words.

Also of course we use the words ‘million’, ‘billion’ etc rather than writing all those zeroes.

[ALPAPilot]

In its very first paragraph, “No Exit’’ asserts that the high incarceration rate is the result of “three decades of ‘tough on crime’ policies that have made little impact on crime.’’

It's the result of a five decade liberal attack on the family; especially the fragile black family. They shouldn't be surprised when a fatherless kid ends up having to do the time.