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betaben
681 Posts
Seems there is an index of how peaceful your country is. There are 23 'peace indicators' which go towards a total score out of 5. How did your country do? Are you surprised? Do you feel the index is accurate? I was surprised how many weapons Sweden and the Netherlands export. | ||
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geegee1
United States618 Posts
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ZERG_RUSSIAN
10417 Posts
Wait lol do you mean higher as in closer to russia or closer to "peaceful" cuz like we've started a shit ton of wars recently + we spend half our budget on military | ||
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Ayush_SCtoss
India3050 Posts
Not surprised about Canada though. | ||
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Amestir
Netherlands2126 Posts
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betaben
681 Posts
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Vain
Netherlands1115 Posts
On September 09 2010 03:48 Amestir wrote: Yeah it's a bit of public secret that the Netherlands, preaching diplomacy and justice worldwide, actually sell a lot of weapons. I believe a year ago there was a debate after someone found out some of our retiremend funding companies had stocks in weapon building companies. I thought the retiremend funds stopped with that? or did they only stop with investing in clusterbombs. i don't remember it anymore>.< | ||
Jibba
United States22883 Posts
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Amestir
Netherlands2126 Posts
On September 09 2010 03:58 Vain wrote: I thought the retiremend funds stopped with that? or did they only stop with investing in clusterbombs. i don't remember it anymore>.< Ah clusterbombs, thats the word I couldn't remember. To my knowledge the funds who where "caught" stopped infesting in them. | ||
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groms
Canada1017 Posts
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Back
Canada505 Posts
On September 09 2010 04:02 groms wrote: canada i am disappoint. only 14th We have an unruly neighbor :D | ||
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DoubleZee
Canada556 Posts
That dragged us into a 9 year old war and encourages our leaders to spend billions on war planes. I would say 14 is pretty good. | ||
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CharlieMurphy
United States22895 Posts
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Integra
Sweden5626 Posts
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Arevall
Sweden1133 Posts
But seriously, are we the worst country in the world? (at weapons export that is) I may be drunk, but something has to be done about this...  | ||
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MangoTango
United States3670 Posts
Russia surprises me with a very low score. Why, I wonder? | ||
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Integra
Sweden5626 Posts
On September 09 2010 05:10 Arevall wrote: I was ashamed and angry at our weapons exports before seeing this index map,,, But seriously, are we the worst country in the world? (at weapons export that is) I may be drunk, but something has to be done about this... Yea, it's kinda fucked up, we have not engaged war in a long time, we de declared ourselves neutral during world war I and world war II and have diplomatic relations with practically every country, even North Korea. Yet we have no problem in selling weapons to support countries that currently are waging war. | ||
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Jayme
United States5866 Posts
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Flyingdutchman
Netherlands858 Posts
On September 09 2010 04:02 Amestir wrote: Ah clusterbombs, thats the word I couldn't remember. To my knowledge the funds who where "caught" stopped infesting in them. haha, infesting...I see what you did there  Sorry to burst your bubbles, but the weapons the dutch export are basically 'obsolete' material by the defense ministry since they have had budget cuts about every year for the past decade. So every weapon we export is a weapon we can't use anymore. And everybody with half a brain had stocks in weapon manufacturers since 2001 :D | ||
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Emon_
3925 Posts
We do export lots of weapons so other people can wage war. Wish this hypocrisy could stop. | ||
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