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Newsjock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 09:03 PM Original message |
Iceland rated most peaceful (USA is #97) |
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LakeSamish706 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
1. And we desperately need to get away from these war mongers as quickly... |
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DesertRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
2. "They hate us for our freedom" |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 09:25 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. The name says it all |
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Lautremont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 09:32 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Vikings, legendary for their peaceful natures and |
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4_TN_TITANS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 12:29 PM Response to Reply #7 |
44. Perhaps they actually learned from their past. n/t |
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DesertRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 09:38 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. I've always wanted to visit Iceland |
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Sal Minella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 10:25 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. My son worked there for awhile, said the town had a "police chief" who mainly wandered around |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 06:57 AM Response to Reply #11 |
33. They are using vulcanism as a power source on that island |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 10:22 PM Response to Reply #4 |
17. I've always thought that Iceland and Greenland should trade names |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 10:32 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Reykjavik is often warmer than Boston in the winter. |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-22-08 02:50 AM Response to Reply #2 |
53. And the response invariably would be,,, |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
3. We're #97! we're #97! |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 09:27 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. ok. who's last of the 160 or so also rans ? |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 09:34 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. The complete list |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 10:49 PM Response to Reply #8 |
23. Rwanda beat us? |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 07:03 AM Response to Reply #8 |
34. Un states there are 195 member countries, this lists only 140. |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 08:20 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. They left out the Vatican too |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 09:36 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. List here (or rather, link to list) |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 10:21 PM Response to Reply #5 |
16. they don't launch illegal wars of aggression? NT |
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sasquatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 11:56 PM Response to Reply #5 |
24. Austria? The world's producer of elite firearms |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 12:53 PM Response to Reply #24 |
47. it's about where it is most peaceful to live, not about making political hay |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
6. I wish they would link to the entire list...the Top 10, and a few |
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ckramer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
9. Israel, Afghanistan, Sudan, Somalia and Iraq were at the bottom of the list |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
12. Link to details about USA (lots of interesting info there) |
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The Political Jerk (117 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
13. What is Switzerland Doing? |
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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
14. Calling ExPatLefty, white courtesy telephone. |
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RL3AO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
15. It comes with the territory. |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 10:24 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. you mean not counting Hawaii? |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 12:52 AM Response to Reply #15 |
25. Since WW II, our military has mainly been used to defend corporations |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 11:17 AM Response to Reply #15 |
43. What, the Phillipines, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Mexico and Hawaii don't count? |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 12:48 PM Response to Reply #15 |
45. crime stats/homicide is included in the statistics -- it does NOT come w. the territory |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
20. We rank 21 countries behind RWANDA??? |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 12:50 PM Response to Reply #20 |
46. it's because of our high rate of violent crime |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
22. I have trouble finding a whaling nation as "peaceful". |
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Coventina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 09:07 AM Response to Reply #22 |
38. Amen flvegan! |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 12:58 PM Response to Reply #22 |
48. i've never been gunned down in a driveby shooting by a passing whaler |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 11:43 PM Response to Reply #22 |
51. They're talking about safety for the people ON LAND |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 12:59 AM Response to Original message |
26. Good I am #14. |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 03:16 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Tag! Ich mag Deutschland! nt |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 05:00 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. what on |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 05:34 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. LOL! |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 06:30 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. that is really bad |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 06:48 PM Response to Reply #32 |
50. well, it is not to glorify him.... |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 10:23 AM Response to Reply #26 |
42. Yes, your country has hardly given us any trouble since 1918 |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 02:27 AM Response to Original message |
27. look at the map here |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 03:07 AM Response to Original message |
28. Iran got a better rating than Israel...Wow. nt |
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marshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 08:35 AM Response to Original message |
36. Iceland is also one of the most, if not THE most, homogeneous country in the world |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
37. very sad... |
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entanglement (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
39. Unfortunately, peace is a choice for some and an unattainable luxury for many others |
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Crowman1979 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
40. How Ironic! We're ranked behind Nicaragua! |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
41. I like how the two largest countries high on the list, by population, are Japan and Germany |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 01:09 PM Response to Reply #41 |
49. well yeah somewhat compare apples to apples |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-22-08 02:22 AM Response to Original message |
52. Oh those filthy Communists at Britain's Economist Intelligence Unit. |
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