timstarr@netcom.com (Tim Starr) writes:
>
> In article <tnbubihh1c.fsf@faure.orchestra.cse.unsw.edu.au>,
> Tim Lambert <lambert@faure.orchestra.cse.unsw.edu.au> wrote:
> >timstarr@netcom.com (Tim Starr) writes:
> >
> >>
> >> In article <tniv5uv5rx.fsf@faure.orchestra.cse.unsw.edu.au>,
> >> Tim Lambert <lambert@faure.orchestra.cse.unsw.edu.au> wrote:
> >> >timstarr@netcom.com (Tim Starr) writes:
> >> >
> >> >> Japan classifies cases of husbands murdering their wives & kids then killing
> >> >> themselves as all suicides, no homicides, thus skewing their statistics in
> >> >> favor of suicides & against homicides.
> >> >
> >> >This claim is easily seen to be false: You just have to look at the
> >> >Japanese suicide statistics. There are no recorded suicides of small
> >> >children.
> >>
> >> That doesn't necessarily falsify the claim. How are "small
> >> children" defined?
> >
> >Under 5. And the suicide rate for 5-14 year olds is half of the US
> >rate.
>
> Source?
World Health Organization Statistical Yearbook
> >> How do you know that "family suicides" in Japan don't usually take place when
> >> the children are no longer "small"?
> >
> >Because I've actually read something on the subject.
>
> Like what?
R, Markman & D. Bosco, "Alone with the Devil," 342ff (1989).
Iga, Mamoru "The thorn in the chrysanthemum : suicide and economic
success in modern Japan"
> I've read something on it too.
Like what?
> Obviously, our sources differ. So,
> I'd like to try to figure out which ones are more accurate. Can't do that if
> you keep yours secret so I can't check 'em out.
--
Tim