Ireland ranks 12th in Global Peace Index

positron

http://www.visionofhumanity.org/gpi/results/rankings/2009/

Ireland ranks 12th.

NZ ranks 1st, UK is 35th and Switzerland is 18th. Afghanistan and Iraq, as expected, is 143rd and 144th (last).

The 12th place, while better than UK and France, is actually a huge drop from the 6th place in 2008 and 4th place in 2007!

Any predictions for 2010?

Gummy Panda

What is this based on?

Pighead

New Zealand, Pighead's arse. Seen a documentary a few years back about New Zealand and it looked far from fcuking peaceful. This is obviously NZ propaganda at work. Does this look like a place you'd like to visit for a couple of weeks of calm and quiet reflection?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQee3ag4niE

positron

Gummy Panda wrote: »

What is this based on?

Click on each country on the table to see the background statistics that's contributing to the score.

This is for Ireland: http://www.visionofhumanity.org/gpi/results/ireland/2009/

ShooterSF

Likelihood of violent protest 2 out 5. Hell we can't be assed protesting full stop.

Rabies

ahhhh. I love it here.

ShooterSF

Rabies wrote: »

ahhhh. I love it here.

Take that back! :mad:

dr.bollocko

Rabies wrote: »

ahhhh. I love it here.

In most cultures peaceful is just another word for GAY.

Rabies

ShooterSF wrote: »

Take that back! :mad:

No. NZ is great. 3 years here in Oct.
Back to Ireland at the end of July for a few weeks

dr.bollocko wrote: »

In most cultures peaceful is just another word for GAY.

The maori have word for it here. its "fuqeowifuwopid"

af_thefragile

I wanna move to New Zealand...
It looks like a really cool place. And Fight of the Concords are from there...

But it does look like a fun and chill place. Had a friend who lived there too.
I might someday... Just for a year or two maybe...

Tar.Aldarion

We dropped because the thread directly below this is: 'If you had to nuke one Irish County'

Manic Moran

They've obviously never heard of the concept of 'peace through superior firepower'.

Though I'm curious as to how they figure that arms exports makes a country less peaceful. They're giving the weapon to someone else to use or not use.

NTM

bleg

what type of peas?

KeyLimePie

But doesn't new zealand have a fierce gang problem ?

Armin_Tamzarian

positron wrote: »

http://www.visionofhumanity.org/gpi/results/rankings/2009/

Ireland ranks 12th.

They obviously haven't heard yet that it's all kicked off between the IRA and the Taliban.

Riddle101

KeyLimePie wrote: »

But doesn't new zealand have a fierce gang problem ?

Most countries do.

Anyway how the hell did Ireland beat Switzerland. I would have thought Switzerland was more peaceful then us.

Borneo Fnctn

If we keep the peacefulness index position up, soon enough our wellness levels will be through the roof!!!:):):)

BlitzKrieg

if it wasnt for greece bulgaria and latvia, all the EU states would have been in the top 50...I say we kick them out!




On a side note. How is Japan 7th? Are they not constantly bickering with China and North Korea over re writing history, nuclear tests etc???

ejmaztec

Ireland was let down by all of those politicians shooting themselves in the feet everytime they opened their mouths.

af_thefragile

bleg wrote: »

what type of peas?

Its them green ones.
The color of progress!!!:D
(look even that smiling yoke is green!)

Ross_Mahon

Were too nice, We need a good oul war with someone

Overheal

Drunken Brawling.

positron

Ireland was 6th last year, and 4th the year before.

I wonder if that's an accurate reflection of the joblessness / they-took-our-jobs / bank scams and overall negativity in the society.

It surely has made life peaceful for me..!

Fratton Fred

How is Australia 19th?

Nodin

BlitzKrieg wrote: »

On a side note. How is Japan 7th? Are they not constantly bickering with China and North Korea over re writing history, nuclear tests etc???

But they aren't physically killing each other...Besides ,these days the Japanese can use computer simulations to test surgery and diseases on, as opposed to using Chinese and Koreans....

positron

Fratton Fred wrote: »

How is Australia 19th?

Hostility to foreigners/private property 1
Level of violent crime 2
Likelihood of violent demonstrations 2
Perceptions of criminality in society 2
Number of external and internal conflicts fought: 2002-2007 2.5 (do they not have their force out in Iraq / Afghan? Thats's probably why)

biko

Go Scandinavia !

ShooterSF

Rabies wrote: »

No. NZ is great. 3 years here in Oct.
Back to Ireland at the end of July for a few weeks

Damn. I thought by here you meant Ireland. I was trying to play on the whole peaceful thing by getting outraged by a harmless comment.

watna

KeyLimePie wrote: »

But doesn't new zealand have a fierce gang problem ?

That's what I was going to say.

New Zealand gangs scare the crap out of me and I've never even really come across them. Was having a debate about it with my OH last night ad he was going on about drug gangs in Limerick. At least they're violent for a sort of reason (I said sort of, ok). NZ gangs are violent for the sake of it. A lot of them aren't involved in drugs.

I can see how NZ is peaceful otherwise, I think it's all the pineapple lumps. They lull in to a catatonic state.

/puts hand in bag fo more pineapple lumps

Fratton Fred

positron wrote: »

Number of external and internal conflicts fought: 2002-2007 2.5 (do they not have their force out in Iraq / Afghan? Thats's probably why)

they have fought in the exact same conflicts as the UK, who got 3.5 for that

positron

I doubt its a simple as 'number of conflicts'.

In fact, it would be downright daft do just count the conflicts. UK has been a lot more actively involved in middle-east and have lost more men to enemies (and to friendly fire).

irish_bob

KeyLimePie wrote: »

But doesn't new zealand have a fierce gang problem ?

maoris like to fight , not as much as our tinkers do here but they are a macho bunch all the same

Manic Moran

Armin_Tamzarian wrote: »

Are ya mad, have ya not seen the crazy weapons that their army carries FFS.

Si vic pacem, para bellum.

The creators of this ranking system very obviously do not believe in this old tenet that has served Switzerland very well for the last few centuries.

(There's also a related theory that says 'an armed society is a polite society', but it doesn't truly apply to Swtizerland)

NTM

senordingdong

That seems horribly flawed.

Teutorix

Ah lads, we are loosing our touch.

Who wants to go burn some politicians?