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Old 05-25-11, 11:31 AM   #1
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Default Global peace index

Found this while reading the news on the web

http://www.visionofhumanity.org/gpi-data/#/2011/scor


Don't know the criteria, but interesting still. Find your country and see how peacefull it is.

Slovenia, 10th place
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Old 05-25-11, 11:34 AM   #2
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Funny how I went from bottom 10 to top 10

Iceland #1 is a lie, though. All those volcanoes are an act of war against Europe I tell you
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Find your country and see how it ranks by some unknown, convoluted measurement of selected "indicators".
Fixed...
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how did these guys get data from north korea?
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how did these guys get data from north korea?
"science"
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Find your country and see how it ranks by a sortement of factors ranging from wars fought, relations with other countries, weapons stockpiles to GDP, education levels and migration
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Noticed a little bug in this site. I had a look at the 2007 map and I notices this.. (no Photoshopping, this actually came up. Scout's honor!)




It I think I can predict some of the replies that will follow below here now....
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OMG they took our flag!
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Funny how I went from bottom 10 to top 10

Iceland #1 is a lie, though. All those volcanoes are an act of war against Europe I tell you
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Noticed a little bug in this site. I had a look at the 2007 map and I notices this.. (no Photoshopping, this actually came up. Scout's honor!)

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It I think I can predict some of the replies that will follow below here now....

Its your browser.
I'm telling you, MS wants to make the US Mexican territory!
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What scares me is we have less peace than Mexico!

Hmmm, all my years of hawkishness is paying off...
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If you look at the list of 23 peace indicators and their definitions, I don't see the utility of this evaluation.
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That index is just so much Horse- Patoot.
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Its your browser.
I'm telling you, MS wants to make the US Mexican territory!
Well seems like Firefox is in on it too then, since that's the one I use
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Well seems like Firefox is in on it too then, since that's the one I use
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