Best/Worst Country?

best- australia

worst- new jersey

 

I bet they used the corkscrew.

 

Neutral means not to take sides, it does not mean you shall not defend yourself. The US was also a neutral country for a period of time but blew that off. As for the castration, nope did not know that, pretty twisted but every country has its draw backs.

 

I'm not talking about a lack of self-defense, I'm talking about a refusal to commit to anything for fear of being wrong, or worse, defeated. And when defeat acts as the dismembering of a man from his pride, as it is certainly believed to be better to be wrong than dead, he faces collapse. Acting out of pride is weakness.

I stand by my previous statement, that a man is nothing without pride, but I recognize that pride is a sin for a reason. But don't allow that statement to be misunderstood. When a man has something to be proud of, his pride is merited. But when a man, a nation, without commitment fears losing a pride it could have only earned through conviction, it is nothing.

 

that or the toothpick...

 

I doubt it was fear, Russia had an agreement with Germany in WW2 but Germany went against the agreement and attacked them anyway. Had Germany sought to go after the Swiss they would have but again fighting an entire country that is nothing but mountains and almost every man, and woman is armed and trained to use it is a fight to the death battle that would gain what? It surely was never a great place to have. If Germany had desired to own that little strip of land and was willing to take the loss to gain it, no treaty or agreement would have stopped it. To this day it is said that had Germany not screwed up and took on the Russians while still in battle with the Brits and US forces the outcome would have likely been different but a 3 front war is pretty tough to handle. Had the US not stepped in to assist the Brits they would have folded in no time under direct German pressure.

It was always called Hitlers greatest mistake.

 

Their all pretty bad

I had country music

 

You just told me Hitler's greatest mistake was taking on the Russians, and that's all well and good, but you failed to tell me where Switzerland was in the right by not taking a stand against genocide. If the Swiss could have easily defeated Germany, why not draw them into their country and defeat them? Yes, it would most certainly hurt them as an independant nation to be involved in the war, as it hurts any country to be involved in a war, but it is the war itself that matters, not your own selfish agenda. Unlike the current war, which is built upon questionable and debatable ethics (I am completely against the war on Iraq), this was a war in which it was obvious who was right and who was wrong. Hitler was an obviously evil man attempting to rebuild the German empire through brute force and ethnic cleansing. Switzerland's refusal to take a stand against Hitler represents flawed ideals, not wholesome ones.

While anti-violence is a great policy, when it is the right thing, is it violence at all? When you are fighting to end the wrongful suffering of millions, and in doing so, must spill the blood of those that torment them, are you committing acts of violence, or acts of justice?

 

There are beggers and lots of homeless people in the UK as well..

Anyway, I'd say Finland is the best country. So beautiful and clean, lots of forests and lakes.. Good government and a female president, wohooh. Social security that actually works. Lots of saunas and salmiakki.
I guess Niger would be the worst one, never been there but it's my wild guess anyway as it's the country with the lowest HDI.

 

Slide off topic a tad but Neutral is that, no sides. Dont get involved in others issues unless they affect you. If you goto war for others than you are no longer neutral, it looses its whole point as the US did. I mean yes its perhaps terrible in some ways and all but minding ones own business is normally best.

 

So I should put my own selfish wants before the needs of humanity. kthx.

 

If you desire to remain neutral and not take sides then maybe yes. Its not kindness, its not humanitarian, its not social grace, its a politcal stand of global neutrality among others in the world. Why be big brother to the world, what good has become of it? The US has been ignorant enough to have stuck thier neck out for years and all it has done for them is when they make a mistake the people they saved were the first to stick a knife into thier backs. I think I would have rather let others meet thier own fates and not be blamed and have the world fear us as an enemy and provide no valid reason for attack than go around picking what side we wish to assist and not.

 

best england

worst portugal

 

Finland does seem pretty nice.

But the HDI isn't very usefull when it comes to the bottom twenty countries, in terms of who needs the most aid.

Because of the way they calculate it, GDP per capita is usually the factor that determines the bottom 20, and that's not really the way that humanitrain crisis should be assesed.

Although Niger's famine is a humanitraian crisis. I'm speaking generally.

Finland needs a few nicer beaches though.

 

Finland has nicer beaches than Norway!

And prettier chicas :H

 

They both seem like they'd be to cold to swim at least ten months out of the year.

I agree about the ladies though.

 

Only if you're delicate.

 

ok I'll be patriotic on my own end... Best Country: Canada.

I've no idea who the worst country is. Well, I've some ideas, but I'd rather keep them to myself atm.