Tuesday, June 02, 2009
Britain is the most repressive state in the West - new online survey
The most repressive states in the world are China, North Korea, Belarus and Russia. 'Repressive' means stuff like people are watched, put in jail on trumped up reasons, etc. The next after these countries is the United Kingdom (Britain and Wales - Scotland a little better for some reason).
IMO: I've long been aware of that. As a foreigner to the UK, I first noticed this regrettable fact many years ago. And recently they tried to kill me.
Next come USA and Singapore. Decent countries like Australia and Canada are much further down the list - protest helps there. India is about the same as Norway, way down the list. Details here. Pakistan does not seem to be down at all, probably because the genuine mess makes it too hard to rate.
IMO: I've long been aware of that. As a foreigner to the UK, I first noticed this regrettable fact many years ago. And recently they tried to kill me.
Next come USA and Singapore. Decent countries like Australia and Canada are much further down the list - protest helps there. India is about the same as Norway, way down the list. Details here. Pakistan does not seem to be down at all, probably because the genuine mess makes it too hard to rate.
# posted by uv : 7:51 AM
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