Ireland is officially the "Goodest" country in the world.

[Sebidee]

A new UN study, which lists countries by their contributions to the world in areas such science, culture, peace, environment, equality, charity and health has put Ireland at the top of the list.

Relative to its size Ireland has done the most good for the planet and the human race, making it the "goodest" country in the world.

The Scandinavian countries are considered to be the best general area of the world with each of its countries coming high on the list. The UK is rated 7th thanks to its contributions to science and technology. The US is 21st and is dragged down by a poor score in international peace.


What do you make of this?

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The list itself

[Monoloco]

Technically Australia should be 2nd as an enormous portion of our country are descendant of Irish, Though maybe Ireland is 1st because we took all your criminals....

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[mishkin]

Technically Australia should be 2nd as an enormous portion of our country are descendant of Irish, Though maybe Ireland is 1st because we took all your criminals....

... and worst hairdressers

[Exarch]

if Ireland's so great why the hell are there so many of them here in Australia wanting to get permanent residency? not that i'm complaining, i don't mind hooking up with a few-and i do prefer irish over snooty brits, that's for sure

[Phier]

if Ireland's so great why the hell are there so many of them here in Australia wanting to get permanent residency?

Have you been to Ireland?

[Exarch]

Have you been to Ireland?

no but the desire for ginger minge is strong

[Condottiere 40K]

I think it was because the English kept the country pacified and encouraged the Irish to spread goodwill on a global scale.

[Monoloco]

All I know is, recently I did in depth research into ireland and the Irish peoples from about 1550 to 1950. I have to say out of all the claims of atrocities of destruction, genocide and suffering, No one has a greater claim than the Irish. Specifically the Catholic Irish. I was ashamed by my ignorance of the history and anguish of the Irish peoples with half my family being Irish. How they have not degenerated into a society of ultra violent, barbaric, xenophobic, ruthless killers is beyond me. Maybe the drinking has kept them in check somehow...

[Sebidee]

What a collection of delightfully racist posts. I love it!

if Ireland's so great why the hell are there so many of them here in Australia wanting to get permanent residency?

Well youth unemployment is high here and nowadays most young people would go to Australia without even trying to find jobs here. It's an exotic country on the otherside of the world with a reputation for friendliness and hot weather, why would they not want to go to Australia. My sister and her boyfriend live in Australia now. Also I think the Australian media may be exagerating the 'Irish problem' out of proportion, countries are always negative about immigrants.

I think it was because the English kept the country pacified and encouraged the Irish to spread goodwill on a global scale.

Absolutely untrue. England didn't pacify Ireland so much as brutally oppress it, and the only way they ever encouraged the Irish to spread on a global scale was by forcing millions to flee the country as refugees.

All I know is, recently I did in depth research into ireland and the Irish peoples from about 1550 to 1950. I have to say out of all the claims of atrocities of destruction, genocide and suffering, No one has a greater claim than the Irish. Specifically the Catholic Irish. I was ashamed by my ignorance of the history and anguish of the Irish peoples with half my family being Irish. How they have not degenerated into a society of ultra violent, barbaric, xenophobic, ruthless killers is beyond me. Maybe the drinking has kept them in check somehow...

You're saying that the mistreatment of Ireland should make Ireland a horrible country but I actually think the opposite is true, we tend to feel like equals to other countries that are suffering the same things as we used to and help them. If you look at those listings you'll see that Ireland tops the scale for sheltering refugees, encouraging free trade, giving food aid, giving humanitarian aid, donating to foreign charities. Because we had been the victims of violent conflict we don't do the same to others and have a reputation as victims of Empire rather than perpetrators of it, for this reason we play a big part in UN peace keeping missions and don't take sides in conflicts. However we do tend to lean towards the underdog such as Palestine.

The reason why we are so internationally minded is because Irish people are EVERYWHERE. I would say that we are probably the most dispersed race of people on the planet. Now obviously this is born of a bad thing since we didn't exactly leave Ireland voluntarily as we were either chased out or forced out by poor conditions, our population went from 8 million in 1840 to only 2 million in 1920.

We also seem to score highly in culture and I suspect that is because of our reputation as a literary nation, but have you ever read Irish literature or poetry? It is very, very dark. They say that trauma breeds creativity and we are very creative.

[High Fist]

The reason why we are so internationally minded is because Irish people are EVERYWHERE.

Nah man. It's cause we're pure day'cent.

We also seem to score highly in culture and I suspect that is because of our reputation as a literary nation, but have you ever read Irish literature or poetry? It is very, very dark. They say that trauma breeds creativity and we are very creative.

No, culture was based on "creative goods/services exports," "freedom of movement" and "press freedom", as opposed to, y'know culture. Which is surprising what with the three nobel prize winners for literature and all that. Would have done well there, I'd say.

[Monoloco]

What a collection of delightfully racist posts. I love it!



Well youth unemployment is high here and nowadays most young people would go to Australia without even trying to find jobs here. It's an exotic country on the otherside of the world with a reputation for friendliness and hot weather, why would they not want to go to Australia. My sister and her boyfriend live in Australia now. Also I think the Australian media may be exagerating the 'Irish problem' out of proportion, countries are always negative about immigrants.



Absolutely untrue. England didn't pacify Ireland so much as brutally oppress it, and the only way they ever encouraged the Irish to spread on a global scale was by forcing millions to flee the country as refugees.



You're saying that the mistreatment of Ireland should make Ireland a horrible country but I actually think the opposite is true, we tend to feel like equals to other countries that are suffering the same things as we used to and help them. If you look at those listings you'll see that Ireland tops the scale for sheltering refugees, encouraging free trade, giving food aid, giving humanitarian aid, donating to foreign charities. Because we had been the victims of violent conflict we don't do the same to others and have a reputation as victims of Empire rather than perpetrators of it, for this reason we play a big part in UN peace keeping missions and don't take sides in conflicts. However we do tend to lean towards the underdog such as Palestine.

The reason why we are so internationally minded is because Irish people are EVERYWHERE. I would say that we are probably the most dispersed race of people on the planet. Now obviously this is born of a bad thing since we didn't exactly leave Ireland voluntarily as we were either chased out or forced out by poor conditions, our population went from 8 million in 1840 to only 2 million in 1920.

We also seem to score highly in culture and I suspect that is because of our reputation as a literary nation, but have you ever read Irish literature or poetry? It is very, very dark. They say that trauma breeds creativity and we are very creative.

I am not knocking them, in fact I can see perfect reasoning for them to be absolutely horrible and yet they are as they are not, is a credit to them. Far lesser evils have been inflicted on others and used for as a basis for enormous over the top violent reactions.

[Swiss Army Cheese]

Also I think the Australian media may be exagerating the 'Irish problem' out of proportion, countries are always negative about immigrants.

No, just countries that lack land borders. It is why you never hear about the Swiss complaining about "Boat People" from Indonesia.

[Aymer de Valence]

Ireland has done the most good for the planet and the human race

Nothing, in other words?

[mishkin]

Nothing, in other words?

Showing how arrogant some Britons can be is enough.

[Condottiere 40K]

[Phier]

Europe's Canada.

Ireland is best known for Oscar Wilde and alcoholism. My people.

I'm not a proper plastic Paddy though since I rarely drink.

[sumskilz]

Interesting fact about Guinness for our vegetarian friends, it's not vegetarian. It's got a little bit of swim bladder in it.

[Durnaug]

Ireland is good for the corporations.

[Himster]

if Ireland's so great why the hell are there so many of them here in Australia wanting to get permanent residency? not that i'm complaining, i don't mind hooking up with a few-and i do prefer irish over snooty brits, that's for sure

Because Australians provide an essential service to our nation: Bartending. So we return the favour by working in your hellish mines and farms, also future bartenders might learn how to actually pull a ing pint of Guinness, that'd be nice: contrary to the apparent Australian opinion, yes you can have too much head, witty double entendres won't disguise that fact.
Not to mention the sun, perfect beaches, the highest concentration of slutty women per capita on Earth, it's way easier to grow weed and get away with it and incredibly cheap beer.
Everybody wins, except whoever has to clean your streets after a few Galwegian lads have the craic, Galway Shtyle.

[Roma_Victrix]

There's already a thread on this in the Thema Devia.