Voinjama Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Not that many. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 As much as I dislike the UK, and many things successive governments have done, I do think that we are blessed to be living here rather then some of the **** up places around the world. How many countries are **** up because of the actions of the British or other colonial powers though? the answer is somewhere between all of them and none of them there are currently noises coming out of the West Indies that the UK should pay some form of reparation / compensation for leaving them as **** up poor states I've no problem with them winning that case, providing we can simply counter charge Italy, Denmark and France for making us the people we are 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 As much as I dislike the UK, and many things successive governments have done, I do think that we are blessed to be living here rather then some of the **** up places around the world. How many countries are **** up because of the actions of the British or other colonial powers though? How many countries under former colonial rule would be better off if they were still colonised? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voinjama Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Now that's a whole new complex debate that has many factors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovers13 Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 (edited) As much as I dislike the UK, and many things successive governments have done, I do think that we are blessed to be living here rather then some of the **** up places around the world.How many countries are **** up because of the actions of the British or other colonial powers though? How many countries under former colonial rule would be better off if they were still colonised? I guess it depends, do you mean better off than if they had never been colonized in the first place and had been allowed to rule themselves for the last few hundred years, or do you mean better off than the artificially created, fractured countries created by the colonial powers when they left like Sudan? Edited March 28, 2014 by Rovers13 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted March 30, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted March 30, 2014 It's obvious where the split is - 2, 4, 5, 7, 12, 13, 17 and 20 all have pretty much the same divides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
packoman Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 10 is a bit wrong... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voinjama Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 (edited) 11 should simply be a line going diagonally down starting high at the West. 7, 12 and 17 are spot on. Edited March 30, 2014 by Voinjama Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 I hate 13 and the myth that the uk has shit cuisine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 interesting to see Ireland has turned protestant 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 (edited) I hate 13 and the myth that the uk has shit cuisine I know, I went to an Indian curry-house last week and the Pork Vindaloo was fantastic... Edited March 31, 2014 by AVFCforever1991 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted March 31, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted March 31, 2014 Isn't the point of it that they are wrong? Or at least that there will be large parts that are wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voinjama Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 (edited) I'm not sure what you mean to be honest. Based on stereotypes. I actually think the majority of them are right. Edited March 31, 2014 by Voinjama Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted March 31, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted March 31, 2014 (edited) I mean surely the whole point of stereotypes is that in a lot of cases there will be blind spots. So to earmark the whole of northern Europe as having bad cuisine might be stereotypically correct, but there are obviously going to be cases within that where the stereotype is wrong. So calling it a map based on prejudices is basically admitting this. So I'm not sure why people are then complaining that, for example, the UK doesn't have bad cuisine. It's like saying that North Birmingham is Villa and South Birmingham is Blues. You don't actually mean that there isn't a single person in North Birmingham that supports Blues. Edited March 31, 2014 by Stevo985 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 That's probably why he said based on stereotypes and not fact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted March 31, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted March 31, 2014 That's probably why he said based on stereotypes and not fact. He asked what I meant. I explained. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Population is smaller than Greater Tokyo ( Itto Sanken) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voinjama Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Surprised Canada isn't grey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 It's a close one, according to google, Canada's population is only 34.88 Million and Greater Tokyo area is probably about 36 Million.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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