20 Most Peaceful Countries in the World

Murt10

Check out No 11 !!!!!

http://travel.amerikanki.com/most-peaceful-countries-in-the-world/

MagicMarker

OMG, we're famous!!!!

Nodin

Murt10 wrote: »

Check out No 11 !!!!!

http://travel.amerikanki.com/most-peaceful-countries-in-the-world/

Yep. And?

pablomakaveli

That list has Qatar on it. Really? Qatar? The same place where foreign workers are worked to death.

Nodin

pablomakaveli wrote: »

That list has Qatar on it. Really? Qatar? The same place where foreign workers are worked to death.

All things are relative. It's not only the absence of violence in one place, but just how violent others are.

wretcheddomain

pablomakaveli wrote: »

That list has Qatar on it. Really? Qatar? The same place where foreign workers are worked to death.

They paid vast amounts to the author of that article, didn't you know? :pac:

Nino Brown

Big deal, it's like giving a guy with no hands a pat on the back because he never stole anything.

caustic 1

Just don't mention flegs n stuff.

whirlpool

One webpage per item? Cannot STAND websites that do that! I'm just going to assume it's Iraq.

fleet_admiral

Im surprised Liechtenstein wasnt on the list

whirlpool

Nino Brown wrote: »

Big deal, it's like giving a guy with no hands a pat on the back because he never stole anything.

But you can still enjoy the fact that nothing was stolen.

mike65

Nordic nations are just so smug.

the groutch

they obviously didn't go near Talbot Street when doing their research.

kumate_champ07

pablomakaveli wrote: »

That list has Qatar on it. Really? Qatar? The same place where foreign workers are worked to death.

they get to rest in peace

Denmark is Sweden Right ? that was #1

Sweden is a pretty respectful country of all cultures and people I'm not surprised

Duckworth_Luas

the groutch wrote: »

they obviously didn't go near Talbot Street when doing their research.

Ah heyour, leave eh bleedin' ouh!

MRnotlob606

fleet_admiral wrote: »

Im surprised Liechtenstein wasnt on the list

this is why.

Frank Lee Midere

That website is horribly written crap. Yet it is linked to from everywhere.

Why is Ireland safe?

With its rich historical sites, amazing green pastures and friendly people, it’s not surprising that Ireland is one of the most peaceful countries on Earth!

That's right. All you need is (cliche alert) historical sites, greenness and friendliness and you get low crime.

You may not be able to follow her logic on that but there is no faulting the logic on Denmark.

Denmark tops the list of the most peaceful countries on Earth since it’s really a safe place to live..

Tail Docker

Japan at 10??? I was with them 100% till that. I guess it's all about the now, and none of the History.

131spanner

Mauritius sounds like an Asian person saying malicious.

Coincidence? I think not!

Tail Docker

Deleted User wrote: »

Denmark is Sweden Right ? that was #1

Sweden is a pretty respectful country of all cultures and people I'm not surprised

Pretty sure there's a few Danes howling politely right now. I like the Danes btw, a genuinely great bunch of lads.

Frank Lee Midere

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Denmark is Sweden Right ? that was #1

Sweden is a pretty respectful country of all cultures and people I'm not surprised

No. DENMARK IS NOT ****ING SWEDEN.

diograis

Frank Lee Midere wrote: »

No. DENMARK IS NOT ****ING SWEDEN.

are you sure? seems pretty swedish

Tail Docker

diograis wrote: »

are you sure? seems pretty swedish

Don't push them now! They have a rep to live up to.

diograis

Tail Docker wrote: »

Don't push them now! They have a rep to live up to.

sure they're all blond what's the difference :P

woodoo

They are mainly European countries on the list. We have something special here in Europe we should be careful not to ruin it.

OneEightSeven

It's based on this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Peace_Index

The Diabolical Monocle

whirlpool wrote: »

One webpage per item? Cannot STAND websites that do that! I'm just going to assume it's Iraq.

+ 5000

Fvcking makes me piss my pants in rage.

dd972

I bet we went up a few places in Aug and Oct 94 !!!

Overheal

thats not a real list wheres the United States duh

Tail Docker

woodoo wrote: »

They are mainly European countries on the list. We have something special here in Europe we should be careful not to ruin it.

A history of endlessly slaughtering each other wholesale in pointless World wars? Sure it's like a family row, on "Break" - nobody mention the war..

Archeron

So it's peaceful we are is it now.
well we'll just see about that.

> grabs shotgun<

Mr. Incognito

Japan was one of the most aggressive warlike states who committed multiple mass genocides and they are tenth on the list.

Your list is bollox.

Tail Docker

Mr. Incognito wrote: »

Japan was one of the most aggressive warlike states who committed multiple mass genocides and they are tenth on the list.

Your list is bollox.

Them Danes used to be everywhere hopping out of their longboats and pillaging as well. Viking Direct used to be a lot less paper and loads more cuts.

Sunglasses Ron

The site seems to be a travel writers opinion rather than anything backed by facts and stats. If you spend your holiday hiking in Glendalough rather than at an old firm derby Sunday in a pub in Coolock, I guess we would give off that impression.

Mr. Incognito

Good to see the pesky war mongerers of San Marino kept off this list.

Mr. Incognito wrote: »

Japan was one of the most aggressive warlike states who committed multiple mass genocides and they are tenth on the list.

Your list is bollox.

"was" being the key word there. The list is revised every year and they're not committing much genocide these days now, are they?

czechlin

Well looks like a win-win situation for me!

petronius

In your face Finland and New Zealand -
however we gotta up our game and catch Japan

DesperateDan

But where is the US? Needs a recount.

ronjo

Slovenia at 4 is fine.... Ljubljana a lovely city is fine..... But Maribor !!!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

Funkfield

I'm just happy that Sweden was No.1

old hippy

Tail Docker wrote: »

Japan at 10??? I was with them 100% till that. I guess it's all about the now, and none of the History.

Yes, exactly. Most countries have violence in their past. I go to Japan fairly regularly and (apart from natural disasters) I've never felt safer

131spanner wrote: »

Mauritius sounds like an Asian person saying malicious.

Coincidence? I think not!

This sounds like a tired bit of racial stereotyping. I hope it isn't. None of my family and friends pronounce it as you claim. :rolleyes:

Mr. Incognito wrote: »

Japan was one of the most aggressive warlike states who committed multiple mass genocides and they are tenth on the list.

Your list is bollox.

Yes, it was. That's in the past. Don't forget the US committed several acts of mass genocide on Japan; Hiroshima, Nagasaki and the firebombing of Tokyo.

I agree, though. The list is silly and poorly written.

Nodin

woodoo wrote: »

They are mainly European countries on the list. We have something special here in Europe we should be careful not to ruin it.

Ja, ja.

annascott

Ireland 11? Unbelievable. Perhaps there is part of Ireland that had wonderful customer service and friendly people. I just haven't found it yet.

ScumLord

Frank Lee Midere wrote: »

Why is Ireland safe?

Because there's not that much crime. Dublin suffers from the same level of crime most large cities would suffer, if anything untowards happens at all it makes national news. Outside of Dublin there's not all that much crime, we just like to think we live in a cesspit when in fact we live in a pretty safe country.

woodoo wrote: »

They are mainly European countries on the list. We have something special here in Europe we should be careful not to ruin it.

We've gotten all our fighting out of our system. Maybe what the rest of the world needs is another world war to be friends.

Mr. Incognito wrote: »

Japan was one of the most aggressive warlike states who committed multiple mass genocides and they are tenth on the list.

Yeah, but they haven't done that kind of stuff in over half a century. If your going to judge a country on it's past Ireland would want to keep a low profile.

Reoil

Click through 20 different pages so that the website can get 20 times the advertising revenue instead of listing all on one page?
**** off.

miss no stars

ScumLord wrote: »

Because there's not that much crime. Dublin suffers from the same level of crime most large cities would suffer, if anything untowards happens at all it makes national news. Outside of Dublin there's not all that much crime, we just like to think we live in a cesspit when in fact we live in a pretty safe country.

We've gotten all our fighting out of our system. Maybe what the rest of the world needs is another world war to be friends.

Yeah, but they haven't done that kind of stuff in over half a century. If your going to judge a country on it's past Ireland would want to keep a low profile.

Yet why does it seem like the whole world is bubbling up with anger and political tension? See: Ukraine; Syria, if you want examples. Tensions generally bubbling up along with economic difficulty are quite the precursors to major war. Will we see anything like WWI or WWII again? Probably not, technology's come so far.

Europe is peaceful-ish at the moment simply because there is a forum where many european countries talk regularly; not because we're spectacularly peaceful people...

ScumLord

miss no stars wrote: »

Yet why does it seem like the whole world is bubbling up with anger and political tension? See: Ukraine; Syria, if you want examples. Tensions generally bubbling up along with economic difficulty are quite the precursors to major war. Will we see anything like WWI or WWII again? Probably not, technology's come so far.

Europe is peaceful-ish at the moment simply because there is a forum where many european countries talk regularly; not because we're spectacularly peaceful people...

No, going by our track record the last 50 years are a bit of a freak anomaly, we haven't seen peace like this since the Romans beat their version of civilization into half of europe.

I don't think europeans would have the stomach for another war anytime soon though. Most of europe is too intertwined at this stage, we all know people living in another part of europe, we've all been to these countries and we won't be duped into believing one particular group is causing all our woes.

Ukraine isn't really a european conflict in that it's not two European countries fighting each other. It's russia getting it's knickers in a twist over it's former allies wanting to side more with Europe and the US. Europe as a whole is on the Ukraines side.

miss no stars

ScumLord wrote: »

No, going by our track record the last 50 years are a bit of a freak anomaly, we haven't seen peace like this since the Romans beat their version of civilization into half of europe.

I don't think europeans would have the stomach for another war anytime soon though. Most of europe is too intertwined at this stage, we all know people living in another part of europe, we've all been to these countries and we won't be duped into believing one particular group is causing all our woes.

Ukraine isn't really a european conflict in that it's not two European countries fighting each other. It's russia getting it's knickers in a twist over it's former allies wanting to side more with Europe and the US. Europe as a whole is on the Ukraines side.

That's pretty much what I was saying. Look at the proliferation of European countries on that top 20 list. It's not down to European people being naturally peaceful, it's because of having a forum where countries talk (the EU).

And the Ukraine very much is geographically European, the bit of Russia that matters (its capital) is in Europe and it's Ukraine's relationship (or diminishing relationship) with the EU that kicked all this off.

And while France may not want to go to war with Germany, Portugal and Spain might go to war with (as an arbitrary example) Turkey. The peace in Europe isn't like peace within the USA. European countries have much, much bigger differences and are far more sovereign than US states. So while there's peace - mostly - at the moment, that peace and lack of willingness to physically go to war simply cannot be taken for granted.

ScumLord

miss no stars wrote: »

And the Ukraine very much is geographically European, the bit of Russia that matters (its capital) is in Europe and it's Ukraine's relationship (or diminishing relationship) with the EU that kicked all this off.

Ukraine is in Europe but I don't consider Russia to be european. I don't even think they should be allowed in the Eurovision.

miss no stars

ScumLord wrote: »

Ukraine is in Europe but I don't consider Russia to be european. I don't even think they should be allowed in the Eurovision.

Unfortunately whether you consider them European or not is irrelevant, Moscow is in Europe.