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Today I was looking up information on the protests by homeless people in France a couple years ago, and I ran across some serious misuse of statistics in a lot of the articles I was reading.
As most people know, France is a fairly socialized country. One of the premises of socialism is that people in society should be somewhat economically equalized, particularly in terms of necessities like food and housing. Like any country, France has its share of homelessness, and I imagine it would be pretty embarrassing for any government to admit that it has a homeless problem -- but I could see it as particularly embarrassing for a country that claims to treat its poor as well as the rest of its members.
Which is why I was disappointed to see that France, just like any other nation, tends to abuse statistics when trying to make a political point. The problem is, in some ways they're worse than the US...
( Those Damned Lying Frenchies )
As most people know, France is a fairly socialized country. One of the premises of socialism is that people in society should be somewhat economically equalized, particularly in terms of necessities like food and housing. Like any country, France has its share of homelessness, and I imagine it would be pretty embarrassing for any government to admit that it has a homeless problem -- but I could see it as particularly embarrassing for a country that claims to treat its poor as well as the rest of its members.
Which is why I was disappointed to see that France, just like any other nation, tends to abuse statistics when trying to make a political point. The problem is, in some ways they're worse than the US...
( Those Damned Lying Frenchies )
