Taildragger and Chuckles,
I agree that many horrible crimes have been committed in PNG by PNG raskols but are not these same type of horrible crimes also committed in say Dunnunda or Godzone? maybe less frequently and less per 1000 head of population but man's inhumanity to man is common everywhere. Are these crimes more acceptable if committed by whitey against whitey?
Where I currently live can be rather dangerous and more so by each macho male's desire to carry a big gat which can and is used at the drop of a hat. Argument over a few beers, who won the cockfight, or road rage at an intersection can result in a shoot out, or as the other day, a bus driver upset a car driver who then chased the bus down a highway, stopped the bus and emptied his auto's mag. finito bus driver.
Many of the daily acts of mayhem and violence are not even news items unless they are very gruesome with vivid details shown on TV.
But I live here by choice and as in PNG, watch your ass!
Peter Sharpe.