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The Good Country Index - Ireland No. 1

spud_meister said:
Aztecs.
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Aztecs/Irish... same thing. You say potato, I say pull your heart out through your rib-cage.

And our cultural achievements are many and varied. We have an opera house, designed by a bloke after too many pints. Our music scene is second to none in songs about marsupial BDSM. And our art scene contains many rock walls and pub bathrooms.
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Fair points. I come from a culture that adapted the fairground crazy mirror into a urinal splash-back, so I'm hardly one to talk.
 
Andalublue said:
Aztecs/Irish... same thing. You say potato, I say pull your heart out through your rib-cage.
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:lol:

Fair points. I come from a culture that adapted the fairground crazy mirror into a urinal splash-back, so I'm hardly one to talk.
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Is that so it looks bigger or smaller?
 
Andalublue said:
It's amazing how the deepest satire seems to fly so easily over so many heads.
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lol. God I love irony.

Here, let me give you a hint: When someone spells America as "Murica" and proceeds to make some ultra patriotic statement, there's a good chance they're not being entirely serious.
 
I am not at all surprised that America isn't anywhere near being on this list, but I am very surprised Ireland and New Zealand are on it. Both of them have profound equality issues, and in Ireland's case, also a fair bit of poverty and violence, and in New Zealand's case, a somewhat significant public health problem. They don't deserve to be on that list.
 
spud_meister said:
Aztecs.

And our cultural achievements are many and varied. We have an opera house, designed by a bloke after too many pints. Our music scene is second to none in songs about marsupial BDSM. And our art scene contains many rock walls and pub bathrooms.
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Don't forget being convicts.

Very important.
 
SmokeAndMirrors said:
I am not at all surprised that America isn't anywhere near being on this list, but I am very surprised Ireland and New Zealand are on it. Both of them have profound equality issues, and in Ireland's case, also a fair bit of poverty and violence, and in New Zealand's case, a somewhat significant public health problem. They don't deserve to be on that list.
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Internal issues are not part of the study. It's supposedly what you do for the global community (proportional to population/gdp)

But I'm not sure what significant violence problems ireland has.
 
I was curious as to what "culture" meant in this context. When I saw that it was UNESCO contributions, I have to wonder if those who put together the list understand the word culture!
 
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