Abu Dhabi slaying

[jonjuan]

3.5 million of a country with 350 million of a country
What a moron comparison

Yep. Ed Zachary.

 

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3.


No more.

15,000/365 is more like 41 per day.

Sure, but not at a high level mall.

Yeah, unheard of...

http://articles.baltimoresun.com/20...1_mall-shooting-mall-worker-columbia-resident

http://www.ajc.com/news/news/shooting-reported-at-cumberland-mall/nffBZ/#__federated=1

http://www.fox8live.com/story/27707754/councilman-reflects-on-mall-shooting

 

[NEDude]

Mexico, our southern neighbor is 100 times more violent than the U.S., check the murder rate in Juarez and they lead the most violent American city by far. It's not even close. You don't know what you're talking about.

Re-read my original post:
I am often amazed at comments from many Americans who have never lived overseas regarding the 'danger'. Of the modern and developed first world countries out there, and I would include the UAE in that, the United States is easily the most dangerous and violent country to live in. I get more scared about violence when I am back visiting in the United States than I ever do in the places I go outside of the United States.

Reading comprehension my friend, it is a wonderful skill to have.

 

[BobbyBiplane]

Sure, but not at a high level mall.

You, sir, are a moron.

Bob

 

[flyboyike]

However, Russia is definitely a first world county and their murder rate is double that of the US

Since when?

 

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Since when?

Since the end of the Cold War. Prior to that, the USSR was considered second world country because it was a political distinction. Since then, the definition of second world has morphed into a fiscal distinction. Since Russia has the ninth largest economy in the world, they are a first world country. Look it up.

 

[flyboyike]

Since the end of the Cold War. Prior to that, the USSR was considered second world country because it was a political distinction. Since then, the definition of second world has morphed into a fiscal distinction. Since Russia has the ninth largest economy in the world, they are a first world country. Look it up.

I'll get right on that, thanks. I must have missed the memo on how this and that "became a fiscal distinction".

 

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I'll get right on that, thanks. I must have missed the memo on how this and that "became a fiscal distinction".

Question asked and answered. No need to get your panties in a bunch. Since you missed the memo and don't care to enlighten yourself, I looked it up for you.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_World

The Second World refers to the former Socialist, industrial states (formally the Eastern Bloc), mostly the territory and the influence of the Soviet Union. Following World War II, there were nineteen communist states, and after the fall of the Soviet Union, only five socialist states remained: China, Cuba, Laos, North Korea and Vietnam. Along with "First World" and "Third World", the term was used to divide the states of Earth into three broad categories. In other words, the concept of "Second World" was a construct of the Cold War and the term has largely fallen out of use since the revolutions of 1989, though it is still used to describe countries that are in between poverty and prosperity, many of which are now capitalist states. Subsequently, the actual meaning of the terms "First World", "Second World" and "Third World" changed from being based on political ideology to an economic definition.[1] The three world theory has been criticized as crude and relativity outdated for its nominal ordering (1, 2, 3) and sociologists have coined the term "developed", "developing", and "underdeveloped" as replacement terms for global stratification?nevertheless, the three world theory is still popular in contemporary literature and media. This might also cause semantic variation of the term between describing a region's political entities and its people.

Ref 1. http://books.google.com/books?id=LP...ge&q=sociology second world countries&f=false

 

[NEDude]

Question asked and answered. No need to get your panties in a bunch. Since you missed the memo and don't care to enlighten yourself, I looked it up for you.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_World

The Second World refers to the former Socialist, industrial states (formally the Eastern Bloc), mostly the territory and the influence of the Soviet Union. Following World War II, there were nineteen communist states, and after the fall of the Soviet Union, only five socialist states remained: China, Cuba, Laos, North Korea and Vietnam. Along with "First World" and "Third World", the term was used to divide the states of Earth into three broad categories. In other words, the concept of "Second World" was a construct of the Cold War and the term has largely fallen out of use since the revolutions of 1989, though it is still used to describe countries that are in between poverty and prosperity, many of which are now capitalist states. Subsequently, the actual meaning of the terms "First World", "Second World" and "Third World" changed from being based on political ideology to an economic definition.[1] The three world theory has been criticized as crude and relativity outdated for its nominal ordering (1, 2, 3) and sociologists have coined the term "developed", "developing", and "underdeveloped" as replacement terms for global stratification?nevertheless, the three world theory is still popular in contemporary literature and media. This might also cause semantic variation of the term between describing a region's political entities and its people.

Ref 1. http://books.google.com/books?id=LP...ge&q=sociology second world countries&f=false

I hate to throw gasoline on the fire, but you claimed Russia is now a first world country. However in the article you presented and in the related articles, Russia is not classified as a "first world" country. As the definition has changed from its old cold war definition, there is no current standard definition of a first world country. However most 'experts' typically consider first world countries as ones that have a combination of an advanced economy, a high ranking on the Human Development Index, and an OECD nation with high income.

Russia is not listed by the IMF as having an "advanced economy", it does not rank in the top 50 of the Human Development Index, and does not appear on the World Bank listing of high income OECD nations. In fact other than size of the economy, there is very little evidence to support Russia being a "first world" country. Again the sources are the article you posted and its referenced and related articles.

 

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I hate to throw gasoline on the fire, but you claimed Russia is now a first world country. However in the article you presented and in the related articles, Russia is not classified as a "first world" country. As the definition has changed from its old cold war definition, there is no current standard definition of a first world country. However most 'experts' typically consider first world countries as ones that have a combination of an advanced economy, a high ranking on the Human Development Index, and an OECD nation with high income.

Russia is not listed by the IMF as having an "advanced economy", it does not rank in the top 50 of the Human Development Index, and does not appear on the World Bank listing of high income OECD nations. In fact other than size of the economy, there is very little evidence to support Russia being a "first world" country. Again the sources are the article you posted and its referenced and related articles.

I can't argue with any of that, but the same article says under Varying Definitions: "There are varying definitions of the First World, however, they follow the same idea. John D. Daniels, past president of the Academy of International Business, defines the First World to be consisting of "high-income industrial countries." That's is by definition directly in contrast to the IMF's arguably political position and would include Russia despite it's economy focusing on it's vast natural resources instead of having a more advanced service industry. I was purely focused on GDP. I agree that's a contentious point of view.

This could go on all day, and it doesn't substantively change the point others and I were making about how dangerous the US is compared to countries typical Americans would consider dangerous. The US is quite violent. The UAE; Not so much.