Nitpick: The EU has 27 members.
If you include statistics from the new members like Bulgaria and Romania who battle corruption and organized crime, then you can get to a "average" as high as the US.

However, if you compare the US to more similar countries like the UK, France or Germany, which had a similar economic development and enjoyed a similar time of prosperity and peace, you will find that the US has a homicide rate wich is FOUR TIMES that of Germany (4.55 vs 1.17) and three times that of Swizerland or Spain. And the homicide rates in France or the UK, the Benelux or Scandinavia are similar, and that is where the majority of EU citizens live. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate)

If you use numbers, please use them right. The conclusions you drew were wrong.

http://xkcd.com/394/

Really, guys, why didn't anyone post this yet?

I'm sure its a scam! If I click on the link, it has all those sql errors! I am sure the've hacked the website!

*hmz* That sounded funnier in my head

Breasts! Another poll pointlessly wasted.

To me, there was always a difference in outlook and politics, too: Science Fiction considers possible scientific or social developments and examins how society or individuals cope and react to them. Its question "What will we do if it happens?" is inherently concerned with the well being of humans. "Classic" Fantasy, on the other side, is rarely concerned with real humans, and in most cases reinforces chauvinist and sexist stereotypes. Which is one reason Terry Pratchett managed to tuirn a whole genre on its head so effortless. Harry Potter is again one hero high above the ordinary people. Caveat: There has been progressive fantasy (Michael Moorcrock comes to mind) and pretty reactionary Science Fiction (A.E van Vogt, Heinlein), but still the basic premises of those two genres differ vastly.

*sigh* Another poll goes by which sadly, lacks the most obvious answer:

tits!

We're nerds, you insensitive clod!