[OT] Global Peace Index

mikemc · Post by **mikemc** » Wed May 21, 2008 4:27 pm

very interesting stuff here... ranking of countries from most peaceful to least peaceful. Guess who's #1??

http://www.visionofhumanity.org/gpi/res ... nkings.php

Grifter · Post by **Grifter** » Wed May 21, 2008 4:46 pm

What a souped up piece of fucked up information that site is.

And how many funds were sapped from real needs on the useless CUNTS coming up with shit stained html code presented.

siddhu · Post by **siddhu** » Wed May 21, 2008 8:38 pm

Grifter wrote:What a souped up piece of fucked up information that site is.

And how many funds were sapped from real needs on the useless CUNTS coming up with shit stained html code presented.

Guess there should be no studies done on this sort of thing.

Maybe just spend the funds on the GWOT or another case of cluster bombs.

sparklepuff · Post by **sparklepuff** » Wed May 21, 2008 8:41 pm

white people FTW

Machinate · Post by **Machinate** » Wed May 21, 2008 8:47 pm

sparklepuff wrote:white people FTW

yeah, the US with a whopping #97... not much of a surprise, although it made me pause for a minute when I saw that the US ranks BELOW Mexico.

Other interesting positions: Russia is #131 out of 140, scoring LOWER than friggin Columbia! Ouch!

Tone Deft · Post by **Tone Deft** » Wed May 21, 2008 8:51 pm

Machinate wrote:
sparklepuff wrote:white people FTW
yeah, the US with a whopping #97... not much of a surprise, although it made me pause for a minute when I saw that the US ranks BELOW Mexico.

Other interesting positions: Russia is #131 out of 140, scoring LOWER than friggin Columbia! Ouch!

of the top 20 countries, props to Germany and Japan for being serious exporters of technology and having an impact on the rest of the world. as opposed to a country like Denmark who are pretty insignificant in the global scheme. it's easy to keep your hands clean when you don't do a goddamn thing. their best export are .alp files that install right half the time.

DOH!!

edit - I guess it helps to lose a few wars and have your military dismantled.

mikemc · Post by **mikemc** » Wed May 21, 2008 8:52 pm

Tone Deft wrote: their best export are .alp files that install right half the time.

BWAHH!

c'mon now, gots to luv the covops

Machinate · Post by **Machinate** » Wed May 21, 2008 8:59 pm

Tone Deft wrote:I guess it helps to lose a few wars and have your military dismantled.

1: flame the peaceful, happy dudes, who don't give a fuck.
2: wikipedia
3:...?
4: Profit!

I reckon Liberty City would rank oh, let's say Iraq-ish on that scale. But I guess you can claim responsibility for both of those, huh?

sparklepuff · Post by **sparklepuff** » Wed May 21, 2008 9:07 pm

Machinate wrote:
sparklepuff wrote:white people FTW
yeah, the US with a whopping #97

i was just referring to the top 3. I was actually surprised we were in the top 100. We seem to have South Park syndrome: "Oh my god, it's coming right for us! Shoot it!"

Tone Deft · Post by **Tone Deft** » Wed May 21, 2008 9:08 pm

1. lol yeah, I know, sorry. <pets peaceful happy dudes on the head>
2. how un-American to educate myself
3. agreed
4. always!

Machinate wrote:I reckon Liberty City would rank oh, let's say Iraq-ish on that scale. But I guess you can claim responsibility for both of those, huh?

working on that one, I didn't get access to RPGs until last night.

look at it this way, the US can only get higher in that list right? I hope? <gulp> once we get monkey boy Bush to stop wiping his ass with the Geneva Convention.

the 'number of people jailed' statistic is bothersome, I'm aware of prison overcrowding in the US but on a worldwide scale it rates that high? scary...

djadonis206 · Post by **djadonis206** » Wed May 21, 2008 9:49 pm

The thing to remember about the United States, which people tend to forget, is we're a very unique country. Lots of different people from different cultures. The question shouldn't be, "Why aren't we getting along?" but, "Is there any real way we can get along."

there's lots of violence, crime, and a general disregard for your neighbors well being, but none of that is natively American.

...and, unless you live in some of the poorest ghettos you really don't get to see violence on a day to day basis.

landrvr1 · Post by **landrvr1** » Wed May 21, 2008 10:10 pm

djadonis206 wrote:The thing to remember about the United States, which people tend to forget, is we're a very unique country. Lots of different people from different cultures.

So, so true.

Like I always say, it's easy to fucking have peace and harmony in countries like Iceland, Denmark, and Norway - where there's like 5 people, all of them are white, and they're constantly blasted out of their minds drunk because there's just fuck-all to do in those places except drink.

SimonPHC · Post by **SimonPHC** » Wed May 21, 2008 11:53 pm

landrvr1 wrote:Like I always say, it's easy to fucking have peace and harmony in countries like Iceland, Denmark, and Norway - where there's like 5 people, all of them are white, and they're constantly blasted out of their minds drunk because there's just fuck-all to do in those places except drink.

Which is not exactly true for Belgium, still we're in the top 20. Silent racism is very wide spread and we don't get along with our fellow Belgians who speak a different language all together. Still we're in the top 20.

landrvr1 · Post by **landrvr1** » Thu May 22, 2008 12:34 am

SimonPHC wrote:
landrvr1 wrote:Like I always say, it's easy to fucking have peace and harmony in countries like Iceland, Denmark, and Norway - where there's like 5 people, all of them are white, and they're constantly blasted out of their minds drunk because there's just fuck-all to do in those places except drink.
Which is not exactly true for Belgium, still we're in the top 20. Silent racism is very wide spread and we don't get along with our fellow Belgians who speak a different language all together. Still we're in the top 20.

Well, you know what they say about Belgium....it's the jewel of France.

Tone Deft · Post by **Tone Deft** » Thu May 22, 2008 12:36 am

landrvr1 wrote:
SimonPHC wrote:
landrvr1 wrote:Like I always say, it's easy to fucking have peace and harmony in countries like Iceland, Denmark, and Norway - where there's like 5 people, all of them are white, and they're constantly blasted out of their minds drunk because there's just fuck-all to do in those places except drink.
Which is not exactly true for Belgium, still we're in the top 20. Silent racism is very wide spread and we don't get along with our fellow Belgians who speak a different language all together. Still we're in the top 20.
Well, you know what they say about Belgium....it's the jewel of France.

ouch. like Canada is the US' favorite suburb.

anyone see that move 'In Brujes' I quite enjoyed it, looks like a beautiful city.