Ben Stein wrote a stupid post about Dominique Strauss-Kahn listing several reasons he's probably innocent. One of them was this bit of inanity:
"In life, events tend to follow patterns. People who commit crimes tend to be criminals, for example. Can anyone tell me any economists who have been convicted of violent sex crimes? Can anyone tell me of any heads of nonprofit international economic entities who have ever been charged and convicted of violent sexual crimes? Is it likely that just by chance this hotel maid found the only one in this category? Maybe Mr. Strauss-Kahn is guilty but if so, he is one of a kind, and criminals are not usually one of a kind."
"People who commit crimes tend to be criminals", really? How about every criminals first crime? Boing Boing points to a List of economists involved in violent sex crimes, for Ben Stein.
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