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Is ireland a first world country?

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  • 06-10-2010 12:05pm
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    nudist
    Closed Accounts Posts: 157 ✭✭


    Given how crap and corrupt the government is here would we have more in common with war torn parts of Africa than say the rest of the EU?


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    Adam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,866 ✭✭✭Adam


    no.

    edit: just to clarify, my answer is in response to your second question, not your first.

    and it's fact. look it up.


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    Sykk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,327 ✭✭✭Sykk


    Oh... My... God.

    I knew there were people a little less than educated. But seriously, I don't know what to say.

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    #4
    wobbles-grogan
    Registered Users Posts: 558 ✭✭✭wobbles-grogan


    Yes we are a first world country. We have hospitals in every city. We have motorways connecting the major cities. We have only(i say that with a pinch of salt) 13-14% unemployment. Theres not a huge number of people starving and living on the streets.

    Trust me, we are NOT a third world country.

    Maybe not the same standard as a very wealthy first world country but we would still fall within that bracket. Considering we are a developed country.


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    Max Power1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,272 ✭✭✭✭Max Power1


    have more in common with war torn parts of Africa than say the rest of the EU?

    no.

    Typical sensationalist tripe.

    Do you work for the sun?


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    Sea Sharp
    Registered Users Posts: 2,593 ✭✭✭Sea Sharp


    We're a first world banana republic.


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    SugarHigh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,265 ✭✭✭SugarHigh


    nudist wrote: »
    Given how crap and corrupt the government is here would we have more in common with war torn parts of Africa than say the rest of the EU?
    Portugal, Italy, Greece, Spain and Iceland.


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    Mr. Incognito
    Registered Users Posts: 9,798 ✭✭✭Mr. Incognito


    Somalia- No Government

    Rest of Africa- AIDS Epidemic- starvation, war, genocide, tribal warfare, genital mutilations, etc etc

    You Sir are sadly ignorant of world affairs.


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    Donkey Oaty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,533 ✭✭✭Donkey Oaty


    Ireland is number 14 in the table of least corrupt countries, according to Transparency International - that's less corrupt than the UK, for example.

    Not competely scientific, but it shows that the world does not agree that we're as bad as you make out.


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    PeterIanStaker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,072 ✭✭✭PeterIanStaker


    Max Power1 wrote: »
    no.

    Typical sensationalist tripe.

    Do you work for the sun?

    Not the Sun, this is more Oirish Daily Fail territory.

    Answer: No, honestly.


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    Sir Gallagher
    Registered Users Posts: 6,836 ✭✭✭Sir Gallagher


    nudist wrote: »
    Given how crap and corrupt the government is here would we have more in common with war torn parts of Africa than say the rest of the EU?

    Get a grip.


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    Doctor Jimbob
    Registered Users Posts: 7,634 ✭✭✭Doctor Jimbob


    Mr. Incognito wrote: »
    Somalia- No Government

    Rest of Africa- AIDS Epidemic- starvation, war, genocide, tribal warfare, genital mutilations, etc etc

    You Sir are sadly ignorant of world affairs.

    Yeah but we have a crap government. Which is definately nearly as bad. Apparently :rolleyes:


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    PeterIanStaker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,072 ✭✭✭PeterIanStaker


    Donkey Oaty wrote: »
    but it shows that the world does not agree that we're as bad as you make out.

    Shhhh!!! The self-haters will be disappointed!!


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    Insect Overlord
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    OP posted his message on the Internet, most probably from the comfort of his/her own home.

    => automatic fail.


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    wobbles-grogan
    Registered Users Posts: 558 ✭✭✭wobbles-grogan


    OP you phrased your thread very confusingly, in such a way that a "no" means a "yes" and a "yes" means a "no".
    Is ireland a first world country?
    Given how crap and corrupt the government is here would we have more in common with war torn parts of Africa than say the rest of the EU?

    Yes.......wait, what question am I answering yes to?
    Yes, we're a first world country, yes we have more in common with war torn parts of africa.

    Both dont go hand in hand => Thread FAIL

    Anyway, as I said before, we are a first world country.


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    Blazer
    Registered Users Posts: 17,417 ✭✭✭✭Blazer


    We're only a 1st world if you're a TD, Banker, Lawyer, Public Servant or Developer.

    Everyone else is just a lower class peasant to be milked out of all their money.


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    Mr Benevolent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,456 ✭✭✭✭Mr Benevolent


    nudist wrote: »
    Given how crap and corrupt the government is here would we have more in common with war torn parts of Africa than say the rest of the EU?

    Ahhh don't you just love Irish people.


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    thebigbiffo
    Registered Users Posts: 2,941 ✭✭✭thebigbiffo


    no it is not OP...

    now please move to more developed swaziland and stop bombarding us with yer s'hite


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    nudist
    Closed Accounts Posts: 157 ✭✭nudist


    My point is that the country is going to the dogs at the moment-50 billion going to dead banks-it makes no sense whatsoever-and yet no one cares that the country is basically ****ed.

    Had i known in 2006 that the country would be bankrupted by the government in 2009/2010 i would have not bothered going to college. I should have emigrated. Sigh.


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    wobbles-grogan
    Registered Users Posts: 558 ✭✭✭wobbles-grogan


    Please look up the definition of a third world country before making a silly post...


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    thebigbiffo
    Registered Users Posts: 2,941 ✭✭✭thebigbiffo


    nudist wrote: »
    My point is that the country is going to the dogs at the moment-50 billion going to dead banks-it makes no sense whatsoever-and yet no one cares that the country is basically ****ed.

    Had i known in 2006 that the country would be bankrupted by the government in 2009/2010 i would have not bothered going to college. I should have emigrated. Sigh.

    debt alone does not a third world country make.

    ps: we are not bankrupt as yet either. jesus op, emigrate now ffs or do something useful with your life. this depressing s'hite is depressing


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    [Deleted User]
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    After WWII, countries were defined as First, Second & Third world.
    Those countries with a democratically elected government were First world, those with dictatorships(communist) were second world, the rest were third world (mostly colonies of first world countries).


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    Highly Salami
    Registered Users Posts: 216 ✭✭Highly Salami


    Mr. Incognito wrote: »
    Somalia- No Government

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    Isn't that the ideal for the Tea Party in the USA?


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    Rasmus
    Registered Users Posts: 2,075 ✭✭✭Rasmus


    nudist wrote: »

    Had i known in 2006 that the country would be bankrupted by the government in 2009/2010 i would have not bothered going to college. I should have emigrated. Sigh.


    What does one have to do with the other? There are many things that we could look back on and wish we hadn't done if we could see the future, but not bother with being educated? Have to wonder what you studied!


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    #25
    cassi
    Registered Users Posts: 316 ✭✭cassi


    :eek::confused:

    Things may be bad but your being just a tad dramatic O.P!


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    #26
    fontanalis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,619 ✭✭✭fontanalis


    It's like a South American Banana Republic, but without the sun.


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    RobbieTheRobber
    Registered Users Posts: 6,754 ✭✭✭RobbieTheRobber


    Rasmus wrote: »
    What does one have to do with the other? There are many things that we could look back on and wish we hadn't done if we could see the future, but not bother with being educated? Have to wonder what you studied!

    International banking?


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    El Weirdo
    Registered Users Posts: 11,646 ✭✭✭✭El Weirdo


    nudist wrote: »
    Had i known in 2006 that the country would be bankrupted by the government in 2009/2010 i would have not bothered going to college. I should have emigrated. Sigh.
    Hairdresser college?


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    Bill2673
    Closed Accounts Posts: 749 ✭✭✭Bill2673


    Well firstly, obviously the OP needs to spend some time in the slums of Mumbai......where is the crapper? why its over there beside your little brothers bed, which is the cardboard pieces lying around under that broken lamp post over there.....and thats life for millions of people in that one city alone.

    a more interesting question, and one for another thread, and one that those who have never read a book or newspaper article on the subject need not subscribe to, is, how corrupt is Ireland, relative to other European countries?

    For example, we are clearly less corrupt than italy or greece in my view. Anyway, I'm off to have my lunch.


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    Bill2673
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    nudist wrote: »
    My point is that the country is going to the dogs at the moment-50 billion going to dead banks-it makes no sense whatsoever-and yet no one cares that the country is basically ****ed.

    Had i known in 2006 that the country would be bankrupted by the government in 2009/2010 i would have not bothered going to college. I should have emigrated. Sigh.


    Yeah no one cares, we're all far more worried about what happens on Eastenders tonight.

    Here's something to think about:

    So you went to college.

    How much were your college fees (free, is my understanding, at least for Universities it is).

    Why were your college fees free in 2006? Because the government could afford it, because there was such a strong tax take from the then economic boom.

    If you had emigrated in 2006, you'd have no third level education. So you could try a job in McDonalds in some foreign city, or you could go to third level there. If you went to the US, a university education would be costing you north of $30,000 a year (assuming you are an American citizen). So then you would have been bankrupted instead!!!!

    But instead you were educated for free here. As a taxpayer, i want my money back!


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    ascanbe
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    Yes, we're a first world country.
    But it has everything to do with an accident of geography and the current balance of political and economic power in the world.
    If there was any significant shift in this balance and we continued to run our affairs as we have, we'd probably pretty quickly become the sole inhabitants of the fourth world.


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