Re:Malta: an island of secrets and lies
by qubex on Wednesday February 28, 2018 @01:53PM
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Iceland's population is about 300’000 and it's probably amongst the least corrupt (held the bankers to account) and most approachable (ministers’ direct phone numbers in phone books) I know of. Do not confuse corruption and integration into the community.
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Re:Malta: an island of secrets and lies
by kzrdude on Wednesday February 28, 2018 @01:58PM
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Are you Icelandic? Iceland is not free of corruption.
https://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/politics_and_society/2016...
I'll never understand the portion of the population that reads a relative ranking and then declares that its not true because x still exists there...
"amongst the least corrupt" != "free of corruption"
It's like saying X is among the best schools in the region and sends the most children to university and someone rebutting the statement with "yeah, but billy went there and didn't graduate and didn't go to university."
It's as if their brain is a computer program that's designed to purposely misinterpret information and then argue against the information for the sake of it.
Sorry for the rant. This type of nonsense has been building, or least becoming more obvious, lately in the public and political spheres and I needed to flag it for my sanity.
Re:Malta: an island of secrets and lies
by dopamean on Wednesday February 28, 2018 @05:23PM
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It's just people who can't wait to tell someone they're wrong.
You all give me no hope that we will defeat corruption, whereever it occurs. Don't make excuses for corruption.
Re:Malta: an island of secrets and lies
by qubex on Wednesday February 28, 2018 @02:18PM
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No I'm not. I'm hybrid British/Italian, suffering thirtyfive-plus years as a resident of the latter has taught me what real corruption and inefficiency look like. I've visited Iceland and found it to be quite amazing both in terms of landscape and society. Hence my reference. I don't think having some instances of corruption actually negates the core import of my statement.