Write Lightning is a blog from writer Deb Thompson.
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(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Wed, Dec 19 2007
Top Ten Stupid (Male) Criminals
Neatorama has presented us with its list of Top Ten Stupid Criminals of 2007. Of course, there's still more than a week left for those who might covet a place among the winners. For some reason all the top picks seem to be male suspects. Are women who commit crimes considered smarter than men who commit crimes? Or do women simply choose more subtle crimes that attract less public ridicule? Perhap this is a statistical phenomenon reflected in the fact that there are more male criminals on record at almost any given time. Or is it all really what one friend used to call a "Bubba complex", in which a certain portion of the male population does everything in a big way, whether it's playing wild air guitar all alone for the fun of it or choosing to highjack a truck crane parked on the rim of an active volcano? I have no real answer. But I do wonder about these things.
posted at: 07:05 | category: /Miscellaneous | link to this entry
Neatorama has presented us with its list of Top Ten Stupid Criminals of 2007. Of course, there's still more than a week left for those who might covet a place among the winners. For some reason all the top picks seem to be male suspects. Are women who commit crimes considered smarter than men who commit crimes? Or do women simply choose more subtle crimes that attract less public ridicule? Perhap this is a statistical phenomenon reflected in the fact that there are more male criminals on record at almost any given time. Or is it all really what one friend used to call a "Bubba complex", in which a certain portion of the male population does everything in a big way, whether it's playing wild air guitar all alone for the fun of it or choosing to highjack a truck crane parked on the rim of an active volcano? I have no real answer. But I do wonder about these things.
posted at: 07:05 | category: /Miscellaneous | link to this entry
