I don't really know what the stats are on sexual assault. You should consider following questions with a question mark.

What H.P. Flashman seemed to say was that Perry's coal advocacy itself was absurd, independent of its ability (or inability) to deter crime. That's what I took issue with.

If lighting does deter crime, then it would make sense for a country to produce that energy in the cheapest way possible for them. Mali, for example, does not have nuclear energy. Should we let them eat cake, then?

I'm curious: When Obama thought that Austrians spoke "Austrian", did that render him unfit for his position?