Most Peaceful Countries

[PhoenixFire]

Mongrel Mob?

 

[Smudge]

Yes, that's the name of a gang in NZ. Correct.

 

[PhoenixFire]

Yeah sorry, my knowledge of NZ gang culture ends at Ross Kemp on Gangs: The Mongrel Mob. Still, not fair to suggest that they might be a problem?

 

[sledger]

Yes, Ross Kemp does a program on gangs. Correct.

 

[Smudge]

Yes, Ross Kemp does a program on gangs. Correct.

Correct.

 

[sledger]

Correct, I am correct.

 

[Smudge]

Seriously though, aside from the occasional incident these days, the gang wars are over now. They wage their battles through the drug trade now, which isn't any better, but it's a lot less visible.

 

[age_master]

New Zealand has been named as the world's most peaceful country.

Bonus points for not having an air force perhaps?

 

[Jono]

Singapore 30? Expected them to be far higher.

 

[Uppercut]

Singapore 30? Expected them to be far higher.

I think the right-wing policing is what counts against them.

 

[Jono]

But its so well covered up

Electoral process was going to be an issue obviously, but figured they would have a better rank of criminal violence.

 

[Jono]

By the way, a challenge: Can you actually put your mouse over Singapore on the map on that website?

I can't get over it. I keep getting Malaysia and Indonesia. Can't quite get over that small dot damn it, so had to manually type in Singapore.

 

[Quaggas]

Puzzle solved

"The choices of indicators and the weights assigned to them were agreed following close and extensive consultation with the following international panel of experts in 2010:

Professor Kevin P. Clements, Chairperson
Foundation Chair of Peace and Conflict Studies and
Director, National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies
University of Otago, New Zealand

GPI International Expert Panel

 

[Spark]

Bigoted view of peaceful, imo. List probably conceived by a bunch of vegetarian human-hating extremists whose eyes are covered in yesterday's tofu and feta meal left-overs so they can't see what a vindictive piece of **** Mother Nature actually is.

Ummm...

Either that... or the Haiti earthquake fell outside the dates for the reporting period and hence will be included in NEXT year's report instead?

 

[Jono]

He was kidding

 

[KiWiNiNjA]

Puzzle solved

"The choices of indicators and the weights assigned to them were agreed following close and extensive consultation with the following international panel of experts in 2010:

Professor Kevin P. Clements, Chairperson
Foundation Chair of Peace and Conflict Studies and
Director, National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies
University of Otago, New Zealand

GPI International Expert Panel

Yeah, it's only logical that the most peaceful country in the world also excels in the field of Peace and Conflict Studies.........

 

[Jono]

Well played

 

[Craig]

Singapore 30? Expected them to be far higher.

And how can one forget the sight of all the blokes (I'm assuming are part of the Army) walking around with machine guns etc.

 

[Spark]

He was kidding

Sarcasm is hard to gauge over the internet