Quote Originally Posted by Geoff Parkstone View Post
Not sure how percentages can be "infinitely too high on both counts". A percentage is merely the proportion of the whole that a particular attribute represents. Thus by definition the sum of said percentages will always total 100% regardless of the number of incidents involved eg if there were 4 total incidents then 3 would be Islamic using your 75/25 hypothesis: the same split would apply if 4000 total incidents of which 3000 Islamic.
that was sort of my point. And that's either because the originator (in this case because you wrote it rA, but I'm trying not to single you out, I'm trying to make a more general point because this comes up ALL the time) is being lazy in use of the word 'infinitely', OR because the originator is attempting to apportion blame/responsibility equally at the 75% and the 25% which is either (again) laziness regarding basic understanding of quantity impacts, OR a desire to underplay those impacts despite understanding them.. If you're making a purely arithmetical point GP, sorry