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20th December 2011, 06:32 AM
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Reps: 101,623,656,571,498,576 (power: 101,623,656,571,517) | | Originally Posted by Kalevalatar  Whaaat?!?  Sweden??? Sweden??? Not Finland?!?
I shall un-friend you for this, you hear!
It was close. Very close. Finland has it's educational system which rocks. Sweden has less cold... 
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20th December 2011, 08:23 AM
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Ironically enough, I've never been assaulted. I've also never had my car vandalized.
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20th December 2011, 10:45 AM
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Reps: 101,623,656,571,498,576 (power: 101,623,656,571,517) | | Originally Posted by Panzerkampfwagen Ironically enough, I've never been assaulted. I've also never had my car vandalized.
Logically invalid. Neither have you been murdered, but that does not change the statistics: You'd still be safer in Canada than in the US.
__________________ Originally Posted by Helle Gannestad (Utøya massacre survivor) To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
dir="ltr"> “When one man could cause so much evil - think about how much love we can create together.” Originally Posted by Albert Einstein To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
dir="ltr"> I have repeatedly said that in my opinion the idea of a personal God is a childlike one. You may call me an agnostic, but I do not share the crusading spirit of the professional atheist whose fervor is mostly due to a painful act of liberation from the fetters of religious indoctrination received in youth. Formerly known as Faith Guardian. |
20th December 2011, 11:00 AM
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Reps: 1,163,979,413,650,336,512 (power: 1,163,979,413,650,351) | | Originally Posted by faith guardian Logically invalid. Neither have you been murdered, but that does not change the statistics: You'd still be safer in Canada than in the US.
I'm perfectly safe right now. I live next door to a drug dealer, and I've never been the victim of any crime.
If I've never been the victim of a crime in the United States, how will I be any safer in Canada? The most that I could be is the same level of safety, and never be a victim of crime in Canada.
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20th December 2011, 01:01 PM
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Reps: 112,159,996,246,545,440 (power: 112,159,996,246,556) | | Originally Posted by faith guardian It was close. Very close. Finland has it's educational system which rocks. Sweden has less cold...
But dude, Sweden has Swedes!
Without a doubt Sweden would be a wonderful country, very pretty countryside and some great outdoors ... were. it. not. for. those. Swedes. 
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24th December 2011, 05:32 AM
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Reps: 20,707,823,697,782,620 (power: 0) | | Originally Posted by Panzerkampfwagen I'm perfectly safe right now. I live next door to a drug dealer, and I've never been the victim of any crime.
If I've never been the victim of a crime in the United States, how will I be any safer in Canada? The most that I could be is the same level of safety, and never be a victim of crime in Canada.
And there are 29 million Afghans who haven't been killed. Therefore they are just as safe from future murder as you are in the US  |
26th December 2011, 02:27 PM
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Reps: 304,016,181,343,682,816 (power: 304,016,181,343,703) | | Originally Posted by Krummholz If you could be born anywhere in today's world, in any of the world's current countries, where would you choose to be born?
One caveat: wherever you are born, you will be born to the poorest of families in that country.
Norway. If one were looking for the American dream, it's is Norway where a person would most likely find it.
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29th December 2011, 02:23 PM
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29th December 2011, 03:14 PM
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31st December 2011, 09:15 AM
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