its pretty amusing from my point of view, to look at americans and how messed up they turned out to be. I think your problem is that you see crime as a regular occurance..? it must happen every day and frequently in that day. living where i do, everyone pretty much gets along, and i dont remember the last time a nightstick was used, and i dont even think we have tasers .. we see very little crime, no problems, we leave our doors unlocked , windows open, kids can play outside, we drive around at night, walk down back alley ways... i think the REAL issue here is that americans DEPEND on violence for there civilization to work..