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Greta75 -> World's Most Peaceful Countries 2016 (6/10/2016 5:52:08 AM)
http://static.visionofhumanity.org/sites/default/files/GPI%202016%20Report_2.pdf You can refer to Page 10 to see rankings. But How did Major countries do? 1)Iceland 2)Denmark 3)Austria 4)New Zealand 5)Portugal 6)Czech Republic 7)Switzerland 8)Canada 9)Japan 10)Slovenia 11)Finland 12)Ireland 13)Bhutan 14)Sweden 15)Australia 16)Germany 17)Norway 18)Belgium 19)Hungary 20)Singapore 21)Netherlands 22)Poland 25)Spain 39)Italy 46)France 47)UK 103)USA 120)China 150)North Korea 151)Russia 160)Afghanistan 161)Iraq 162)South Sudan 163)Syria US is like seriously not ranked well! But I am also surprise Thailand did so badly. I consider that a super peaceful country, at least, I feel safer there than Malaysia, somehow. Yet Malaysia ranked at 30 and Thailand ranked at 125 geez! Could be because of their internal government unrest with their military keeps taking over the government. But interestingly while all that is going on, it doesn't affect day to day of Thailand happenings. The take over is always non-violent, it's like done so peacefully with no casualties.

RottenJohnny -> RE: World's Most Peaceful Countries 2016 (6/10/2016 6:01:43 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Greta75 US is like seriously not ranked well! The US has rarely been at peace so that's really no big surprise.

WhoreMods -> RE: World's Most Peaceful Countries 2016 (6/10/2016 6:58:45 AM)
True, but the ranking seems to be based on internal violence, rather than occupations or wars.

Edwird -> RE: World's Most Peaceful Countries 2016 (6/10/2016 7:04:13 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Greta75 http://static.visionofhumanity.org/sites/default/files/GPI%202016%20Report_2.pdf You can refer to Page 10 to see rankings. But How did Major countries do? 1)Iceland 2)Denmark 3)Austria 4)New Zealand 5)Portugal 6)Czech Republic 7)Switzerland 8)Canada 9)Japan 10)Slovenia 11)Finland 12)Ireland 13)Bhutan 14)Sweden 15)Australia 16)Germany 17)Norway 18)Belgium 19)Hungary 20)Singapore 21)Netherlands 22)Poland 25)Spain 39)Italy 46)France 47)UK 103)USA 120)China All the 'most peaceful countries' are still pumping gasoline, petrol, benzin, diesel, etc. into their fuel tanks everyday, last I checked. Not that I would expect anyone like you to make the connection (or certainly not the logical disconnect), there.

RottenJohnny -> RE: World's Most Peaceful Countries 2016 (6/10/2016 7:27:11 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: WhoreMods True, but the ranking seems to be based on internal violence, rather than occupations or wars. I wasn't making a distinction between internal or external. But when you live in a country where people can say what they want and own guns, what would you expect? Welcome to the "wild" west.

ThatDizzyChick -> RE: World's Most Peaceful Countries 2016 (6/10/2016 7:55:54 AM)
quote: But when you live in a country where people can say what they want and own guns, what would you expect? You mean a country like Iceland? Or Denmark? Or Austria? Or New Zealand? Or Portugal? Or the Czech Republic? Or Switzerland? or Canada? It's not the combination of free speech and guns, as other countries manage that combination pretty well, it is something else in the general American psyche.

WhoreMods -> RE: World's Most Peaceful Countries 2016 (6/10/2016 7:57:00 AM)
Quite. I'd imagine the guns thing is the reason the UK's only at 47 and you guys are at 103.

blnymph -> RE: World's Most Peaceful Countries 2016 (6/10/2016 8:19:08 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Greta75 ... But I am also surprise Thailand did so badly. I consider that a super peaceful country, at least, I feel safer there than Malaysia, somehow. Yet Malaysia ranked at 30 and Thailand ranked at 125 geez! Could be because of their internal government unrest with their military keeps taking over the government. Thailand is in a violent border conflict with Cambodia for years, with artillery bombardents, military and civilian casualties. Not like daily shootings, rather infrequently but again and again. Not about internal violence but military aggression.

Aylee -> RE: World's Most Peaceful Countries 2016 (6/10/2016 9:57:56 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: WhoreMods Quite. I'd imagine the guns thing is the reason the UK's only at 47 and you guys are at 103. From the appendix: Access to guns Large military/spend lots on military Give lots of money to UN Have nukes Have gated communities Large prison population Diversity - which leads to low trust communities

RottenJohnny -> RE: World's Most Peaceful Countries 2016 (6/10/2016 10:54:24 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: ThatDizzyChick quote: But when you live in a country where people can say what they want and own guns, what would you expect? You mean a country like Iceland? Or Denmark? Or Austria? Or New Zealand? Or Portugal? Or the Czech Republic? Or Switzerland? or Canada? It's not the combination of free speech and guns, as other countries manage that combination pretty well, it is something else in the general American psyche. Apparently we're also not a population of pacifists.

thishereboi -> RE: World's Most Peaceful Countries 2016 (6/10/2016 11:08:44 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: RottenJohnny quote: ORIGINAL: WhoreMods True, but the ranking seems to be based on internal violence, rather than occupations or wars. I wasn't making a distinction between internal or external. But when you live in a country where people can say what they want and own guns, what would you expect? Welcome to the "wild" west. In this area at least, most of the violence is in the densely populated and low income areas. Human nature being what it is, it's not surprising at all. You can't expect people to live with the blight and poverty and not explode. My friend lives in Brightmore, one of the "bad" areas of Detroit and there are only 2 houses still standing on her side of the street. The other side isn't much better. The abandoned house across the street occasionally houses 3 teens who would rather stay there than live with their crackhead mother. I see kids playing by piles of garbage and wonder how much of a chance they have in life growing up surrounded by trash and violence. I'm not sure what the answer is, but I am not a bit surprised at our standing.

Edwird -> RE: World's Most Peaceful Countries 2016 (6/10/2016 11:52:13 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Aylee quote: ORIGINAL: WhoreMods Quite. I'd imagine the guns thing is the reason the UK's only at 47 and you guys are at 103. From the appendix: Access to guns Large military/spend lots on military Give lots of money to UN Have nukes Have gated communities Large prison population Diversity - which leads to low trust communities Not sure I'd phrase the last item that way. Not been my 'on the ground' personal experience, anyway. It does exist in some communities in the US, no question. Just a matter of how much natural-born paranoia some have vs. others, I suppose. But from that appendix, I find this interesting: "Number of refugees and internally displaced people as a percentage of the population" So then, accepting refugees by itself lowers the peace score. Wow, a few European countries are going to take a serious hit to their 'peace score' from misguided acceptance of war immigrants when comes the next tabulation. Let them drown in the Mediterranean or the Aegean, but don't lower your peace score! In any case, the US accumulating all those Irish and Russians and Germans and Polish and French and Hungarians and Africans and Mexicans and South Americans and Chinese and Dutch and Italians and, especially all those British and Protestants, and all those pilgrims escaping the British and Protestants, really did us in on that peace score. We 'accepted' (however reluctantly; everybody had to fight their way in or were dragged in) quite a collection of "can't get along" types from all over Europe and almost everywhere else, in that atavistic notion of 'nation building.'

WhoreMods -> RE: World's Most Peaceful Countries 2016 (6/10/2016 12:08:49 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: RottenJohnny quote: ORIGINAL: ThatDizzyChick quote: But when you live in a country where people can say what they want and own guns, what would you expect? You mean a country like Iceland? Or Denmark? Or Austria? Or New Zealand? Or Portugal? Or the Czech Republic? Or Switzerland? or Canada? It's not the combination of free speech and guns, as other countries manage that combination pretty well, it is something else in the general American psyche. Apparently we're also not a population of pacifists. I'd suspect that in the case of Iceland, it's more because the population's only a few dozen people, and Bjork only starts a fight with somebody when she's out of the country. [;)]

Edwird -> RE: World's Most Peaceful Countries 2016 (6/10/2016 12:29:14 PM)
She punches reporters in the face. Good for her.

WhoreMods -> RE: World's Most Peaceful Countries 2016 (6/10/2016 12:30:55 PM)
Indeed. A 4'11" pixie from Iceland has bigger balls than Flump, it seems. [:D]

Edwird -> RE: World's Most Peaceful Countries 2016 (6/10/2016 12:34:21 PM)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFtqS65mRCs

Edwird -> RE: World's Most Peaceful Countries 2016 (6/10/2016 12:58:48 PM)
Americans don't have a heart, anyone should know that by now.

RottenJohnny -> RE: World's Most Peaceful Countries 2016 (6/10/2016 1:01:11 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: WhoreMods quote: ORIGINAL: RottenJohnny quote: ORIGINAL: ThatDizzyChick quote: But when you live in a country where people can say what they want and own guns, what would you expect? You mean a country like Iceland? Or Denmark? Or Austria? Or New Zealand? Or Portugal? Or the Czech Republic? Or Switzerland? or Canada? It's not the combination of free speech and guns, as other countries manage that combination pretty well, it is something else in the general American psyche. Apparently we're also not a population of pacifists. I'd suspect that in the case of Iceland, it's more because the population's only a few dozen people, and Bjork only starts a fight with somebody when she's out of the country. [;)] She's a great singer but I wonder if her bodyguards carry guns? [:)] Frankly speaking, WM, I tend to find the attempts to compare the US to countries like Iceland, Denmark, or Switzerland rather ridiculous. Dissimilar histories, dissimilar populations, dissimilar cultures, etc. The only common thread is some shared interest in democracy. But some people seem to think that's enough of a reason that we should all be just like "them". They ignore the fact that the US was created with some intent to not be like so many other European cultures. And no doubt, that intent comes with its own inherent good and bad traits. But as far as I'm concerned, it's all worth the risks if it gives me more options for controlling how I live my life. Just sayin'

WickedsDesire -> RE: World's Most Peaceful Countries 2016 (6/10/2016 1:17:43 PM)
7) Switzerland you really fuking said that Bites his tongue where is Scotland on this list?

WhoreMods -> RE: World's Most Peaceful Countries 2016 (6/10/2016 1:35:18 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: RottenJohnny quote: ORIGINAL: WhoreMods quote: ORIGINAL: RottenJohnny quote: ORIGINAL: ThatDizzyChick quote: But when you live in a country where people can say what they want and own guns, what would you expect? You mean a country like Iceland? Or Denmark? Or Austria? Or New Zealand? Or Portugal? Or the Czech Republic? Or Switzerland? or Canada? It's not the combination of free speech and guns, as other countries manage that combination pretty well, it is something else in the general American psyche. Apparently we're also not a population of pacifists. I'd suspect that in the case of Iceland, it's more because the population's only a few dozen people, and Bjork only starts a fight with somebody when she's out of the country. [;)] She's a great singer but I wonder if her bodyguards carry guns? [:)] Frankly speaking, WM, I tend to find the attempts to compare the US to countries like Iceland, Denmark, or Switzerland rather ridiculous. Dissimilar histories, dissimilar populations, dissimilar cultures, etc. The only common thread is some shared interest in democracy. But some people seem to think that's enough of a reason that we should all be just like "them". They ignore the fact that the US was created with some intent to not be like so many other European cultures. And no doubt, that intent comes with its own inherent good and bad traits. But as far as I'm concerned, it's all worth the risks if it gives me more options for controlling how I live my life. Just sayin' It's a worthwhile observation. Mind you, I think the Icelanders are descended from people who the Vikings chucked out of their countries for being a bit at odds with the local society aren't they? As for Bjork, I'd imagine that one of her bodyguards carries a dart rifle to subdue her if she attacks the wrong person...

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