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The World's Best Country
In your opinion what is the best country in the world and why? This should be based on every statistic, not just one good thing about a country, but multiple reasons why a country is the best.
I would say Japan because they make a lot of foreign cars that are really good and can last a long time. Also some Japaneses people work for Sony which is a good company and that sells some stuff that can last for years! Also Japan also has a verity of manga that is pretty good. There video games are really good and well made. Also some of the american video games that are created they need Japanese people because they are smarter than americans. The reason why they are smarter than americans is because they stay focused and they go to school all year long there is no summer break or winter break or spring break the only time they get have a day off is when they have festivals or some sort of holiday.
No doubt Britain was a great country back in the day when they actually respected the citizenry. Now they are one of the most dangerous "democracies" in the world; guns (and pretty much the right to self defense) have been taken from the people and Britons are told that "it is the duty of society to protect" people, yet people are told not to interfere when a crime is being committed.
"No doubt Britain was a great country back in the day when they actually respected the citizenry. "
Then the US used the UN to force all the countries to accept "human rights".
"Now they are one of the most dangerous "democracies" in the world;"
Balderdash.
"guns (and pretty much the right to self defense) have been taken from the people and Britons are told that "it is the duty of society to protect" people, yet people are told not to interfere when a crime is being committed."
Are you saying the world would be a far better place if everyone was armed to the teeth? The fact that guns are banned helps differentiate criminals from citizens.
And though Britons are allowed to prevent crime, it isn't recommended. This prevents people being accused of letting a criminal get away if they couldn't have prevented it withou serious injury.
"Mr Cameron said he wanted to see fewer people arrested for defending their family and property." (source - above link)
People aren't even allowed to defend themselves!
Further evidence:
"In 1994 an English homeowner, armed with a toy gun, managed to detain two burglars who had broken into his house while he called the police. When the officers arrived, they arrested the homeowner for using an imitation gun to threaten or intimidate. In a similar incident the following year, when an elderly woman fired a toy cap pistol to drive off a group of youths who were threatening her, she was arrested for putting someone in fear. Now the police are pressing Parliament to make imitation guns illegal." Source
People aren't even allowed to defend themselves! Try telling Tony Martin the benefit of British law; how about Padraig Nally? Then there is always Munir Hussain, whose assailant didn't even receive jail time!
I wouldn't feel safe at all in Britain, what with armed criminals out to get me, and jail if I try to defend myself!
"That's what I don't like about America. I'm a non-interventionist; too bad America didn't remain like that. It's all Hitler's fault!"
You're blaming your country's attitude on 1 person?
"Nyet!"
Anyone with an ounce intelligence knows not use the Daily Mail to back their arguments.
"No. I'm saying the world would be a better place if criminals hadn't a clue which people were, and were not, "armed to the teeth"."
Then how does one discern armed criminals and civilians protecting themselves.
"And helps make citizens easy victims for the criminals."
So you believe that to feel safe one must carry a weapon around with them at all times?
"Really?!?
"Mr Cameron said he wanted to see fewer people arrested for defending their family and property." (source - above link)
People aren't even allowed to defend themselves!
Further evidence:
"In 1994 an English homeowner, armed with a toy gun, managed to detain two burglars who had broken into his house while he called the police. When the officers arrived, they arrested the homeowner for using an imitation gun to threaten or intimidate. In a similar incident the following year, when an elderly woman fired a toy cap pistol to drive off a group of youths who were threatening her, she was arrested for putting someone in fear. Now the police are pressing Parliament to make imitation guns illegal." Source
People aren't even allowed to defend themselves! Try telling Tony Martin the benefit of British law; how about Padraig Nally? Then there is always Munir Hussain, whose assailant didn't even receive jail time!"
If I recalled all the times gun crime was commited in america, we'ld be here forever.
"I wouldn't feel safe at all in Britain, what with armed criminals out to get me, and jail if I try to defend myself!"
Please don't get Britain confused with America, we don't have armed gangs of thugs waiting outside airports to rob and shoot all the tourists which enter our country.
Anyway, if you wish to discuss the ethics of banning guns start a debate about it(though I believe there are quite a few). Just becase we don't allow people to have guns doesn't make Britain a bad country.
You're blaming your country's attitude on 1 person?
I guess I can also blame the emperor of Japan, as well as the members of Congress at the time of Pearl Harbor.
Anyone with an ounce intelligence knows not use the Daily Mail to back their arguments.
Maybe in Britain. Can you, by any chance, provide me with a shred of evidence - other that your word, of course - that proves your claim that the Daily Mail is unreliable?
Then how does one discern armed criminals and civilians protecting themselves.
In what type of scenario?
So you believe that to feel safe one must carry a weapon around with them at all times?
Didn't I just answer that question?
No. I'm saying the world would be a better place if criminals hadn't a clue which people were, and were not, "armed to the teeth".
If I recalled all the times gun crime was commited in america, we'ld be here forever.
I wasn't recalling British gun crimes, much less all of them; if you actually read my accompanying commentary, you may have realized that I was criticizing the justice system which gives greater punishments to people who defend themselves than to their assailants.
Please don't get Britain confused with America, we don't have armed gangs of thugs waiting outside airports to rob and shoot all the tourists which enter our country.
Please don't get the TSA confused with criminals. It makes the criminals look bad.
Seriously, though, America is nothing like the picture apparently painted by British media, just as Britain is likely nothing like the picture painted by Ameri... - oh, I forgot, movies like Attack the Block and Harry Brown are British-made. You people are painting that picture for yourselves.
Nobody's gonna argue with me...? Seriously? Don't you patriotic lunatics have a problem with me arguing so much that Sealand is the world's best country?!
Sealand fucked both Germany and the Netherlands though. At the same time. With only a population of three. I don't really think the American Revolution can compare to that kind of awesome.
Also, the Principality of Sealand fucked England... in court. Sealand exists because they acquired national sovereignty by winning a court case against all of England.
So, they won a war against two historically barbaric countries, and they won a legal battle against the most historically powerful imperial nation in the entire world. Who's the bitch now?
You still lost your most prized possession; a brand new world ripe for the ravaging. Don't act as though you didn't have allies, too. What about the Hessians? And the Indians who fought brutally against the colonists by implementing excessively violent guerrilla warfare? Also, France didn't really come into play until the Battle of Saratoga in 77. You guys made the most mistakes I think you could have made in that war.
Such an american way of thinking, that you were the British Empire's "most prized possesion". India was the Jewel of the Empire, USA was just a bothersome colony.
"Hessians?"
Hired mecenaries barely count as alliea, if they do then I could count the many pirates who joined the rebellion merely because it was profitable.
"And the Indians who fought brutally against the colonists by implementing excessively violent guerrilla warfare?"
You're including colonies as allies?
"Also, France didn't really come into play until the Battle of Saratoga in 77."
It was still an empire, it's almost the same as stating that the US didn't do anything constructive in WW2 because they joined halfway though.
"You guys made the most mistakes I think you could have made in that war."
Every country makes mistakes in wars, but the US has has more embarrising wars than Britain has.
If the USA was just a burden to the British, why did you fight so hard, spend so much money and lose so many men over what was just a "bothersome colony"?
"I could count the many pirates who joined the rebellion [as allies]"
I don't think that pirates can be fairly compared to trained German killers. Nice choice, by the way...they sure fucked you guys over at Trenton when they woke up to find themselves surrounded by Washington's troops.
"You're including colonies as allies?"
The Indians played a huge role in the Revolutionary War and beforehand in the colonizing of America. They were a strong guerrilla force, no matter their size.
Sure, everyone makes mistakes. Like spelling "embarrassing" the way you did. But the British were so unorganized during the Revolutionary War, especially for a military that boasted such precision and skill.
"If the USA was just a burden to the British, why did you fight so hard, spend so much money and lose so many men over what was just a "bothersome colony"?"
It was a pride thing.
"I don't think that pirates can be fairly compared to trained German killers."
Pirates; who can steal British ships, sell British cannons to Americans and make a weak US military worthy of competing against an empire; are supposed to be worse than a few hundred Germans?
If you read this article you'll notice that it states "When the war began, the British had overwhelming naval superiority over the American colonists.The Royal Navy had over 100 ships of the line and many frigates and smaller craft...The American colonists had no ships of the line, and relied extensively on privateering to harass British shipping..."
"The Indians played a huge role in the Revolutionary War and beforehand in the colonizing of America. They were a strong guerrilla force, no matter their size."
Might I enquire where you hear about these "Indians" as there is no mention of them in the article. And the American rebels also had several Native Americans fighting alongside them as well.
"Sure, everyone makes mistakes. Like spelling "embarrassing" the way you did."
Is that an actual quote of my spelling? if so then you'll notice it's spelt correctly.
"But the British were so unorganized during the Revolutionary War, especially for a military that boasted such precision and skill."
That's merely a matter of your opinion, and at the time there were debates in Parliment on whether we should bother fighting you at all.
This reminds me of Ghandi quoting: "The government is best which governs least", the interesting part is that he was referring to the British Empire and their "Lasseiz Faire" policy.
I don't entirely like going with the good ol' US OF A, but I can't think of any others that support freedom (I know, something of a laugh) as much as them. Gun rights, freedom of speech (which is being assaulted on all sides), etc.
This reminds me of Ghandi quoting: "The government is best which governs least"
Apparently Gandhi got it from Thoreau. I was reworking the original Thoreau-inspired quote to meet my need.
"I don't entirely like going with the good ol' US OF A, but I can't think of any others that support freedom (I know, something of a laugh) as much as them. Gun rights, freedom of speech (which is being assaulted on all sides), etc."
You americans have a funny defenition of "freedom", and if everyone is allowed to carry weapons around that makes you feel safer?
"Apparently Gandhi got it from Thoreau. I was reworking the original Thoreau-inspired quote to meet my need."
I know you were, but you didn't specify what the need was, so I quoted from one of the world's greatest people and showed their opinion of Britain.
"You don't read enough."
That's a good thing, it stops me being fed bullshit.
4. Despite the aforementioned difference in the criteria for counting murder rates, if you look at the totals on a per capita basis, they balance out a great deal more than your link would have you believe.
How many nations did Thoreau lead?
I hadn't realized that leading a nation makes one a better person.
Perhaps you need to learn the definition of "tabloid".
"1. Those statistics were absurd. It gave no additional information, such as the year and a source."
If you look just below the chart it states this: "SOURCE: The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention) "
I think you'll find there is a soucre and a date.
2. Different countries have different means/criteria for counting murders."
I'm sure the United Nations judges everyone in the same way.
"3. Guns aren't the only way to kill people."
But they're the easiest way.
"I hadn't realized that leading a nation makes one a better person."
In what way do you judge a better person then if leading a nation doesn't make you a better person?
"I'm pretty sure I don't."
Let me define it for you: tabloids tend "to emphasize topics such as sensational crime stories, astrology, gossip columns about the personal lives of celebrities and sports stars, and junk food news."
I'm sure the United Nations judges everyone in the same way.
The UN doesn't count each individual murder that occurs in the world. They rely on national statistics just like bullshitters like Michael Moore do.
But they're the easiest way.
But not the only way.
In what way do you judge a better person then if leading a nation doesn't make you a better person?
Well, Gandhi was a racist, for starters. Maybe even a pedophile.
"to emphasize topics such as sensational crime stories, astrology, gossip columns about the personal lives of celebrities and sports stars, and junk food news."
"The UN doesn't count each individual murder that occurs in the world. They rely on national statistics just like bullshitters like Michael Moore do."
I'm sure they have officials to observe the surveys or at least clarify some of the results. But you could say that all statistics about the world are completly null and void as they rely on information on other sources.
"But not the only way."
So if you remove guns you remove a method of murder.
"Well, Gandhi was a racist, for starters. Maybe even a pedophile."
So if you remove guns you remove a method of murder.
Guns do not give people a will to murder, simply a means. If one wishes to kill, he may use a knife, or his hands, or a bow and arrow, or almost anything else imaginable for almost everything in existence can be used to end a life in some way. The benefit of guns is that they give the victim a better chance to defend himself, often without even having to fire a shot.
And Thoreou was an american.
And that is worse than being a racist and a pedophile? No wonder the Irish hated the English, for the latter can be far more hateful first.
"Guns do not give people a will to murder, simply a means. "
means=method, you haven't disagreed with my statement
"If one wishes to kill, he may use a knife, or his hands, or a bow and arrow, or almost anything else imaginable for almost everything in existence can be used to end a life in some way. "
But guns are the hardest to defend oneself against.
"The benefit of guns is that they give the victim a better chance to defend himself, often without even having to fire a shot."
Not if you murderer also had a gun with them, and the fact that they can walk to your residence with one legally only benifits the murderer more.
"And that is worse than being a racist and a pedophile?"
A tribe is a hunter-gatherer civilization. The Principality of Sealand is not a hunter-gatherer civilization. Meaning, they are a country, not a tribe.
Small and weak? Yes small. Weak? Well, they won a war against two countries simultaneously. With only 3 people. Yea, they're really weak.
The Prince hired one or two merchenaries, they kicked the ass of the few foreign invaders, and then ransomed the invaders off to their countries. The attacking countries sent ambassadors to resolve the war they started.
the us is better for several reasons including the fact that the united states is the strongest military force in the world. they have more nuclear missiles to defend themselves. we have a great medical force and most of all we strive to protect the defenseless
first off our nation has the balls to use the nukes but as i said before we dont want to kill the innocent plus you idoits ruined our economy with the fing oil spill so dont go talking abut oil
Another reason for my vote: the Principality of Sealand has a working economy and national coins in copper, silver, and gold.
Currently, it's federal income is based upon internet commerce.
To anyone around the world, they sell 'I <3 Sealand' cloths, their artistically minted Sealand coins, and... titles. Titles of Sealand.
Meaning you can become a Lord, Lady, Baron, or Baroness of Sealand for a measly handful of Euros!
Meaning they are one of the only countries that will cheaply allow anyone, anywhere in the world feel drastically good about themselves. How nice of them.
I can feel the world becoming more Sealandic as we speak.
