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WhuazGoodJaggah
Lesotho777 Posts
On September 13 2010 20:29 BlackJack wrote: How did Switzerland get a 2 in "ease of access to small arms and light weapons" and UK got a 2 as well In Switzerland its very easy to gain access to a weapon. Just join the "Jungschützen" and you can have this for free: ![[image loading]](http://de.academic.ru/pictures/dewiki/115/stgw_90.jpg) | ||
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Piste
6174 Posts
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FuRong
New Zealand3089 Posts
On the other hand, being the most peaceful country in the world does have its downside... | ||
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snpnx
Germany454 Posts
On September 13 2010 21:15 FuRong wrote: Hell yeah, New Zealand #1 baby! On the other hand, being the most peaceful country in the world does have its downside... Haha, I had a good laugh. But nobody would hurt this nice land with so many sheep I think  | ||
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DonKey_
Liechtenstein1356 Posts
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TymerA
Netherlands759 Posts
hmmmmm Chechnya is a state full of extremists so i guess there should be no problem with that, south ossetia itself wants to be part of russia and georgia mounted the offensive so it was self-defence... oh wait fox news told me it was russia that started lololol | ||
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Kimaker
United States2131 Posts
Those are just the ones that jumped out at me as being bullshit. Very interesting list, but like all lists of this sort, ultimately useless. | ||
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teekesselchen
Germany886 Posts
On September 09 2010 05:19 Emon_ wrote: Sweden is just as peaceful as the test suggests, 10/145. There is the random maniac every once in a while, otherwise you're free to wander the lands as you please. We do export lots of weapons so other people can wage war. Wish this hypocrisy could stop. It's pretty much the same for Germany (ranked 16). Much worse than the actual threat to anyone is the hysteria made up by media. It's over 80 million people in this country so of course there are severe crimes beeing commited from time to time, but media stages many of them in a totally overdone way. Many people feel way less secure than they could. Only threat I could accept is the existence of hopeless people with poor education threatening others from time to time. It actually holds a bit of probabily encountering such a situation in the late evening mostly. It surprised me that we're ranked 5 in respect for human rights though. I know that it has a high value in germany but after the latest quarrel about preventive detention I thought we would roughly be top 10. US beeing last in jailed people, lol. Surprises me that they're relatively well in "Ease of access to small firearms and light weapons (85), I expected them to be bottom end in that category as well. I think the rating "imports of major conventional weapons" is totally meaningless, is that only to have Afghanistan beeing ranked well in anything? If we assume "imports" not as "beeing bought" but "beeing brought into the country", Afghanistan would most likely have one of the worst ratings ever since there are lots of weapons beeing brought into the country by military of foreign nations, taliban and extremists. | ||
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muccer
125 Posts
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muccer
125 Posts
Surprises me that they're relatively well in "Ease of access to small firearms and light weapons (85), I expected them to be bottom end in that category as well. I agree, wonder how that is? | ||
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muccer
125 Posts
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Hidden_MotiveS
Canada2562 Posts
On September 14 2010 08:16 muccer wrote: I found it very interesting that the main belligerants of WW2 are doing so well, Japan and Germany. Much higher than the winners of the WW2. I don't. Their militaries were dismantled and they were basically helped by foreign countries to rebuild their economies. | ||
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29 fps
United States5724 Posts
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DannyJ
United States5110 Posts
On September 14 2010 08:16 muccer wrote: I found it very interesting that the main belligerants of WW2 are doing so well, Japan and Germany. Much higher than the winners of the WW2. Other nations picked up the tab for their rebuilding / defense for half a century. | ||
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hefty
Denmark555 Posts
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Yuljan
2196 Posts
On September 14 2010 17:34 DannyJ wrote: Other nations picked up the tab for their rebuilding / defense for half a century. the reparations we had to pay were and still are alot higher than the aid we received and dont forgot all the patents the americans stole. | ||
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DannyJ
United States5110 Posts
On September 14 2010 18:58 Yuljan wrote: the reparations we had to pay were and still are alot higher than the aid we received and dont forgot all the patents the americans stole. Well, you could argue that the Marshal plan was EXTREMELY pivotal in the reconstruction/stability of Germany and other nations, though you can't truly judge the full effect of it or how much Germany had to repay More importantly, America's involvement in containing the soviet union was a steep bill / problem Germany wouldn't have liked to deal with as they rebuilt over the years. And yeah, America definitely did steal alot of intellectual German property. But hey, that's part of the pleasant spoils of winning a war! | ||
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meegrean
Thailand7699 Posts
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Achilles
Canada385 Posts
Sour grapes response if I've ever heard one | ||
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Altair
243 Posts
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