Singapore is the most ‘peaceful’ country in Asia. Who ranks at the bottom?

[the guest]

Yeah Singapore is light years ahead of Thailand in many ways.

[bristolboy]

3 hours ago, connda said:

Given that Myanmar is portrayed so negatively by the media especially in the West, it's interesting to see that they rank as being more peaceful than Thailand. 

Given the state of that country's infrastructure and the mass slaughter and general brutality against the royhinga, it's hard to give much credit to the statistics that Myanmar provides.

[impulse]

1 hour ago, cornishcarlos said:

 

Try uber then... Simple

 

Too late...

 

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/uber-app-to-cease-in-singapore-after-this-weekend

 

[dinsdale]

7 hours ago, Emster23 said:

What, no Syria? It is in West Asia. There is no Middle East continent before someone gets on my case

What about Turkey, Lebanon etc. Brunei is also missing. How about Tajikistan and a host of others.? This is obviously a condenced list of the 48 Asian countries.

[MyFriend You]

12 hours ago, klauskunkel said:

Bhutan not listed? 

Tiny little country, beautiful women, I felt safe here, safer than Nepal.

[Tradewind777]

Surprised to see a world justice organisation giving Singapore tops for anything remotely connected to justice.

 

Singapore while a safe place to hang out in has a .compliant judiciary and don’t get tangled up with the politics there or the justice may be used against you as a weapon.

 

Beneath the surface things are not good there. Mind you, Thailand lags them by a long stretch!

[Emster23]

10 hours ago, dinsdale said:

What about Turkey, Lebanon etc. Brunei is also missing. How about Tajikistan and a host of others.? This is obviously a condenced list of the 48 Asian countries.

I listed Syria because it may be the least peaceful country in Asia. I could be wrong (I hope not!).

[essox essox]

who cares. it is a load of codswallop!!!

[JAG]

 
It is a country. It has a national government, issues passports, has it's own currency and armed forces. 
 
It's wealth is related to it's geographic position and shipping.
 
Interesting to muse what would have happened if myopic Thai governments had decided to build a ship canal and effectively marginalized Singapore.

I've done some musing - I like an occasional muse.

1) The canal would be mysteriously short of water. Mind you the adjacent farmers would miraculously be producing 4 crops a year!

2) Passage would be restricted to ships crewed by Thai nationals. Reserved jobs and all that.

3) The police would have constructed a checkpoint halfway along, to relieve vessels of surplus cash. At night and when the sun is hot the checkpoint would be "manned" by a hideously gurning mannequin clad in a faded policeman's uniform and clutching a toy M16 rifle.

4) Navigation would be impeeded by hordes of 12 year olds driving small motor boats to school against the "flow" of the traffic.

5) The banks of the canal would be lined with bamboo OTOP stalls interspersed with the occasional somtam cart and fried chicken stall.

6) The vast majority of international marine traffic will have taken one look, and having been told by the mandatory pilot that the canal was closed due to a government holiday, but that his cousin has a tailors shop specialising in nautical clothing, will have beetles off to Singapore "tout suite"!
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[CharlesSwann]

Correlates purely with affluence. Which correlates with hard work. No mystery in this.

[dinsdale]

20 minutes ago, CharlesSwann said:

Correlates purely with affluence. Which correlates with hard work. No mystery in this.

Exactly. The affluent get affluence through the hard work of others. I know it's off topic but worth a response anyway.

Edited May 25, 2018 by dinsdale

[norrska]

where is North Korea, the peaceful workers' republic?

[CharlesSwann]

1 hour ago, dinsdale said:

Exactly. The affluent get affluence through the hard work of others. I know it's off topic but worth a response anyway.

 

I was just taking a big perspective inasmuch as affluence takes generations of getting up early and putting in a long day's work. The work ethic in Singapore is now as severe as it always was in Japan. Nobody dares leave the office in the evening.

 

If you were critiquing capitalism, I should say that places like Pakistan need more capitalists to get the people off their backsides. When I was there, the country was full of men sitting around doing sweet FA.

[captspectre]

On 5/24/2018 at 2:35 PM, natway09 said:

Singapore, this, Singapore that, I am sick of hearing this, it is not really a country, it is a City State

and a dam good one at that! don't put up with any bull sh-t and does make good canes!