[quote]You don't get the whole story though... stats don't tell you [i]why[/i] Example: in the US, blacks commit more crime than whites. That DOES NOT tell us why, though. You'd have to look at things like income and where they live, etc. then you'd find they live in poorer neighborhoods and make less. Why? Because once upon a time, they where discriminated against. Slavery first, then Jim Crow, so on so forth. Once they are already doing bad economically, once that discrimination is gone, it's too late. Very hard for them to dig themselves out, so they turn to crime. So what have we learned? Stats can be manipulated to back up an argument by leaving out important details[/quote] Its always someone elses fault. Got it