they said the whole thing is a lot to do with the decline in crack use and i think that s probably right. people aren t smoking as much crack, so they are paying attention to the news stories where 15 years ago they would have missed the violent news stories because they were giving [bleep] at a truck stop. that s an interesting way to look at it. were there more stories about the truck stop action though? what is leading the misconception? does it rhyme with media coverage? if you ask people do you think there are a lot of kidnappings and people who are kidnapped, but live and are held hostage they would say yes that has gone up. it is a response to news coverage. if you watch the evening news, it is so depressing because the first 15 minutes are about the crimes that have