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  1. Haha nice pic!
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  3. Well I don't think the future of Europe is that bad, but some countries should restructure the economy. I hope this is a new start for Greece and with that Europe!
  4. We all should, the only difference between Holland and Spain is that Dutch people, on average, have more money on their bank account, the situation of the government is comparable (around 65% debt of the GDP)
  5. Originally posted by Risto:We all should, the only difference between Holland and Spain is that Dutch people, on average, have more money on their bank account, the situation of the government is comparable (around 65% debt of the GDP)

    That's a bit surprising, but true. They have 69%, you have 66%. Sweden has been paying off some national debt during the latest years... I believe 38% is pretty good.

    The EU is on 83%.... whoah.


  7. I don't use Wikipedia as a source of fact, anyone can edit that site.


    Originally posted by Erikvloedgraven:[..]


    Didn't mean like a theocracy, but that the US is still seen as some sort of a new Israel by a lot of people (I'm not saying it's stated in your constitution). That's the reason a lot of catholics from England and Ireland moved there.
    But the fact is, there is no country in Western Europe where someone can't be elected if he's not a Christian. In the US a candidate has to state he's a Christian to even have a chance, which is very weird given that most Western countries are going through a process of secularization


    I stopped reading after you said but because the US is not a theocracy. No ifs, ands, or in your case, buts.

    That's also not entirely true in the US:
    http://www.pewforum.org/Government/Faith-on-the-Hill--The-Religious-Composition-of-the-112th-Congress.aspx
  10. Its worth noting, that high crime in the U.S. tends to be concentrated in certain areas. For instance, there have been more murders in Chicago in the last 10 years, than American combat deaths in Afghanistan. In Michigan where I live outside of Detroit, Flint, and Saginaw, crime is quite low, and we have fairly loose gun laws.
  11. Intrestinly the high crime tends to be in the areas with the most restrictive gun laws. california, chicago, D.C., new york.
  12. Originally posted by wtshnnfb01:Its worth noting, that high crime in the U.S. tends to be concentrated in certain areas. For instance, there have been more murders in Chicago in the last 10 years, than American combat deaths in Afghanistan. In Michigan where I live outside of Detroit, Flint, and Saginaw, crime is quite low, and we have fairly loose gun laws.

    It's the same in all countries (in Sweden Malmö is the trouble city). You can still compare stats and see that especially murder is unusually high in the US if you compare it to other countries on the same level. West European nations are usually around 1 per 100,000... the US is at 5.
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