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deelix
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PostPosted: Thu, 27th Jun 2013 18:00    Post subject: Corruption
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_Perceptions_Index

Denmark, Finland, New Zealand, Sweden, Singapore, Switzerland, Australia, Norway, Canada, Netherlands, Iceland and Luxembourg are least corrupt... well, pretty much those few countries I view as AAA countries (except Finland). The only country im surprised isn't there is Germany and Belgium.
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Morphineus
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PostPosted: Thu, 27th Jun 2013 22:05    Post subject:
There isn't corruption in Belgium! Cool Face

Tho in all honesty, how naive I may sound to some. Corruption isn't that big of a deal in Belgium. Sure there is some like there is everywhere, but nothing large scale or truly worrisome.

Maybe because I base my view on other countries.
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MAD_MAX333
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PostPosted: Fri, 28th Jun 2013 01:08    Post subject:
no germany? odd... but yay im not corrupt!
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inz




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PostPosted: Fri, 28th Jun 2013 01:20    Post subject: Re: Corruption
deelix wrote:
well, pretty much those few countries I view as AAA countries (except Finland).


Yeah, we're AAAA. Smug
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PostPosted: Fri, 28th Jun 2013 03:09    Post subject: Re: Corruption
inz wrote:
deelix wrote:
well, pretty much those few countries I view as AAA countries (except Finland).


Yeah, we're AAAA. Smug

A place without people trying to scam you all the time, where you can happily leave your door unlocked and your car turned on, where welfare is top-notch and being unemployed is like winning the lottery..man that would be so boring!

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PostPosted: Fri, 28th Jun 2013 04:56    Post subject:
Deelix why take the above as a fact? -

Wiki wrote:


Because corruption is wilfully hidden, it is impossible to measure directly; instead proxies for corruption are used.
Media outlets frequently use the raw numbers as a yardstick for government performance, without clarifying what the numbers mean. The local Transparency International chapter in Bangladesh disowned the index results after a change in methodology caused the country's scores to increase; media reported it as an "improvement". Other critics point out that definitional problems with the term "corruption" makes the tool problematic for social science.
Many lawyers advise international businesses to consult the CPI when attempting to measure the risk of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations in different nations. This practice has been criticized, since the CPI may be subject to perceptual biases and therefore should not be considered by lawyers to be a measure of actual national corruption risk.
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As with all other studies be critical to everything, we need to falsify stuff not verify it. (I'm Drunk, it's like 5 in the morning and I dont know what the hell I'm doing here)

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deelix
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PostPosted: Fri, 28th Jun 2013 07:59    Post subject: Re: Corruption
inz wrote:
deelix wrote:
well, pretty much those few countries I view as AAA countries (except Finland).


Yeah, we're AAAA. Smug
Im afraid those high suicide rates and alcoholism makes you AA Troll Face
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PostPosted: Fri, 28th Jun 2013 13:53    Post subject:
Oh Dom Rep... the only country where the government institution in charge of analizing each institution's finance detects a mayor spending over US$500,000 in food and over 600,000 to "contracts" to people who deny working on it, having his son (the mayor's son) working in his same institution and paying him duplicate checks on the payroll (double salary), being the case full public on the media and still manage to ignore the justice, hell he hasnt even been mentioned or called to explain. He just said he didnt spend a dime.

I think the whole stress i live in my daily life comes from reading shit like this. Oh Canada... ur so blue... Neutral
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inz




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PostPosted: Fri, 28th Jun 2013 14:12    Post subject: Re: Corruption
deelix wrote:

Im afraid those high suicide rates and alcoholism makes you AA Troll Face


Then so are Denmark, Belgium and Germany, too. Belgium has more suicides and DK/DE consumes more alcohol. Razz
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deelix
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PostPosted: Fri, 28th Jun 2013 14:14    Post subject:
Did you get the double meaning btw? AA Wink Laughing
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PostPosted: Fri, 28th Jun 2013 14:16    Post subject: Re: Corruption
inz wrote:
deelix wrote:

Im afraid those high suicide rates and alcoholism makes you AA Troll Face


Then so are Denmark, Belgium and Germany, too. Belgium has more suicides and DK/DE consumes more alcohol. Razz


yes, but we are much cooler about it

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deelix
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PostPosted: Fri, 28th Jun 2013 14:23    Post subject:
I read somewhere that 86% of people above 18 years old drinks in Denmark. Danes and Germans are known for drinking lots of beer (not saying that is good) but the image we got of Finns is that they drink vodka till the last drop Very Happy Im not sure, but I think most Danes are able to drink in moderation just like Norwegians. Then again im not sure... we have to, because its so god damn expensive, and it works. I don't like it... but it works. If you pay 120 NOK for 6x0.5L tuborgs you don't drink that often
I do like Finland the best in "Scandinavia and the world" tho Very Happy
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PostPosted: Fri, 28th Jun 2013 15:32    Post subject:
Yup, there is no corruption in Luxembourg. All the moneyz in our banks are perfectly clean.


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PostPosted: Fri, 28th Jun 2013 16:56    Post subject:
deelix wrote:
I read somewhere that 86% of people above 18 years old drinks in Denmark. Danes and Germans are known for drinking lots of beer (not saying that is good) but the image we got of Finns is that they drink vodka till the last drop Very Happy Im not sure, but I think most Danes are able to drink in moderation just like Norwegians. Then again im not sure... we have to, because its so god damn expensive, and it works. I don't like it... but it works. If you pay 120 NOK for 6x0.5L tuborgs you don't drink that often
I do like Finland the best in "Scandinavia and the world" tho Very Happy


The major problem about drinking in Denmark is the age you get introduced to it and the level of consumption that young teenagers partake in. We are world leaders in teenage drinking, i think. I almost never drink but I drank a shitload from 14 to 20 years of age and everyone I knew did as well.

8 out of 10 dentists prefer zipfero to competing brands(fraich3 and Mutantius)!
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deelix
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PostPosted: Fri, 28th Jun 2013 17:13    Post subject:
Yeah, I don't agree with the 16yo agelimit. I know they can't buy vodka anymore... but 16.5% is still enough to get pretty wasted. And those 16yo probably have 14yo friends... so yeah, not a good thing.
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inz




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PostPosted: Fri, 28th Jun 2013 18:44    Post subject:
Yeah Finland has a similar youth drinking culture as Denmark, but it's not like the adults are any better. Here it's pretty common to get wasted before you hit the town for an all-night bender. Laughing
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PostPosted: Sat, 29th Jun 2013 16:49    Post subject:
the states threatened sweden with trade embargos because of the piratebay, forcing our govt to act..id say thats corruption from both sides
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