An example to all nations
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Shai Gar
Bosnia is safer than the USA? HAHAHAHAHA!
Also, yeah, that's why New Zealand is the Greatest Country on Earth.
Also, yeah, that's why New Zealand is the Greatest Country on Earth.
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Shai Gar
the duality of men, it is innate in mankind to fight amongst ourselves...
ever seen kids at play? when one kid has something another wants, there is a fight that follows... same with survival, the 'better you then me' mentality...
how can you know well-fed if you've never experienced hunger?
war/violence/fighting is also the natural order of things... may the strongest survive...
yea, peace is bliss... but how can you truly experience peace if you've never been to war?
can't have one without the other:
Peace - War
Right - Wrong
Good - Bad
Life - Death
the list goes on... so its a census, which means it happens every so often... who's to say it won't be totally reversed next time around..?
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i'm not attacking anyone, i'm just stating that there is a duality to mankind, is all...
Where did this absolute truth come from? I would say the opposite, it is innate in man to cooperate.
They are people in the rawest form, a lot of kids DO share, especially when shown by example. We have a conciousness, we're self-aware, we're in control of our actions and can see the consequences of them if we care to look. Violence is a choice and we are perfectly capable to say no to it.
What do you mean "know"? War as a concept can exist but that doesn't mean it has to exist in reality. I don't have to experience starvation to know that it's undesirable, hunger is enough.
Survival in humans is greatly increased by cooperation amongest themselves. Their is no benefit for a gene to form a species that wants to destroy itself. Even if it was 'natural' we do many 'unnatural' things as a part of civilisation, because we unlike animals can see benefits beyond just following our instincts.
Peace is just a state of being, you may not be as grateful for that peace but it is still a more desirable state than war.
The concept of war can exist, it doesn't mean the actual state of war must exist in reality.
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Shai Gar
YES! IN YOUR FACE, WORLD!!!
Uh, sorry about that, I'm feeling a bit patriotic today. But really, it comes as no surprise to me. When you consider the fact that a murder is often the main story in the national news, and whenever we get asked to go to war we either decline or send a small token force of engineers or a large force of peacekeepers, it's no surprise that NZ comes first.
Uh, sorry about that, I'm feeling a bit patriotic today. But really, it comes as no surprise to me. When you consider the fact that a murder is often the main story in the national news, and whenever we get asked to go to war we either decline or send a small token force of engineers or a large force of peacekeepers, it's no surprise that NZ comes first.
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The actual table of New Zealand's results (you can also check other countries using this link): http://www.visionofhumanity.org/gpi/results/new-zealand/2009/
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Shai Gar
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Shai Gar
I KNEW it! 19th on that list. Damnit! Ahh well, at least we're beaten by only good countries and Qatar...
“Rates of homicide and violent crime remain high,” the authors said, and a “very high” proportion of the Russian population is in jail, “second only to the U.S. in the 144 countries surveyed.”
This quote only proves my point about jails. Hurray for New Zealand!!
This quote only proves my point about jails. Hurray for New Zealand!!
