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I don't get why Romania or Greece are more dangerous than Hungary, Serbia or Macedonia ?
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lekki posted:I don't get why Romania or Greece are more dangerous than Hungary, Serbia or Macedonia ? Go click the link, it lists the reasons on the interactive map.
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Apr 4, 2013 16:53
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As it's been said before, Mauritania seems fairly lawless what with slavery still going on that if someone decided to kidnap you, no one is there to prevent it, help you or even care. Off to the desert you go.
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Apr 4, 2013 21:17
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lekki posted:I don't get why Romania or Greece are more dangerous than Hungary, Serbia or Macedonia ?
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Apr 4, 2013 21:27
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Lycus posted:In the case of Greece: the fascist thugs, maybe? Yeah, they're mostly targeting immigrants, but even as a tourist, I'd stay far away from anyone sporting that not-swastika symbol. There have been several stories of non-white tourists being beaten by police http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20958353
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Apr 4, 2013 21:42
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Apr 4, 2013 21:44
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I think there should be a few more skulls on that map. Ya. Definitely.... ...Not enough skulls.
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Apr 4, 2013 21:55
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How are u posted:That map is goofy. Iranians are notoriously hospitable and generous to visitors and every American traveler who has been to Iran comes back gushing about how average Iranians have nothing against Americans, just our government. I'd probably feel safer traveling in Iran than most of South America. My uncle worked as a contractor in Iran before the revolution and I love the stories he and my aunt tell about the place it's obvious they enjoyed the culture and the people. They say they hope that the Iranian people see change in their lifetimes because they would like to go back. They want to check on the friends who told them it was time to leave when things went south and drove them to the airport but it doesn't look good since they haven't heard from them since shortly before the hostage crisis  My cousin was born there and has an Iranian birth certificate. He says he usually gets some raised eyebrows every time he needs to present it.
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Apr 4, 2013 23:08
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Latin America is our "Eastern Europe" is you know what I mean.
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Apr 4, 2013 23:59
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Hitch posted:I think there should be a few more skulls on that map. Ya. Nothing about the CIA-sponsored destabilisation that occured in the late 70s in Jamaica?
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Apr 5, 2013 00:10
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Isentropy posted:Nothing about the CIA-sponsored destabilisation that occured in the late 70s in Jamaica? Jamaica isn't a part of Latin America, no?
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Apr 5, 2013 02:31
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Isentropy posted:Nothing about the CIA-sponsored destabilisation that occured in the late 70s in Jamaica? That would've taken up prime skull space.
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Apr 5, 2013 03:52
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Ras Het posted:Jamaica isn't a part of Latin America, no? I think it might be, as it's a part of the Caribbean islands. Which according to this map from Wikipedia is a part of Latin America. 
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Apr 5, 2013 03:55
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Hitch posted:I think it might be, as it's a part of the Caribbean islands. Which according to this map from Wikipedia is a part of Latin America. "Latin America" refers to the countries that speak Portuguese, Spanish, or (maybe) French. So parts of the Caribbean are Latin America, some parts aren't. Jamaica speaks English and was colonized by the British, so it usually isn't included.
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Apr 5, 2013 04:01
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Hitch posted:I think it might be, as it's a part of the Caribbean islands. Which according to this map from Wikipedia is a part of Latin America. Caribbean islands generally aren't considered to be part of Latin America, especially if they aren't populated by mestizos and don't speak a Romance language. Belize, Guyana and Suriname are often honorary members even though they don't fit the strict "Latin" definition. It's not an exact term.
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Apr 5, 2013 04:05
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Badger of Basra posted:"Latin America" refers to the countries that speak Portuguese, Spanish, or (maybe) French. So parts of the Caribbean are Latin America, some parts aren't. Jamaica speaks English and was colonized by the British, so it usually isn't included. Well there you have it. If you put aside the cultural, political and linguistic aspects of the country -- including its origin -- it would be Latin American. Turns out however that it is not. Haha, learn something new every day.
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Apr 5, 2013 04:05
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Ras Het posted:Jamaica isn't a part of Latin America, no? Haiti's on there, though. I figure if Haiti would qualify, Jamaica would as well. And when did the U.S. intervene in Mexico during the Cold War? Or are they including the Mexican-American war and the Mexican Revolution?
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Apr 5, 2013 04:11
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Ammat The Ankh posted:Haiti's on there, though. I figure if Haiti would qualify, Jamaica would as well.
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Apr 5, 2013 04:16
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Ammat The Ankh posted:And when did the U.S. intervene in Mexico during the Cold War? Or are they including the Mexican-American war and the Mexican Revolution? They indicate pretty clearly in the legend that the map shows interventions since 1890, which is a reasonable starting date for tracking US military adventures in Latin America. The USA intervened militarily two times during the Mexican Revolution; for much of 1914 we occupied the port of Veracruz, and in 1916-1917 the US Army diddled around the border failing to do anything useful about Pancho Villa.
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Apr 5, 2013 04:29
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esquilax posted:Caribbean islands generally aren't considered to be part of Latin America You're totally right except for this part. Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and Cuba (as well as others) are 100% part of Latin America.
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Apr 5, 2013 04:51
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joshtothemaxx posted:You're totally right except for this part. Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and Cuba (as well as others) are 100% part of Latin America. Yeah, you're probably right in general. But sometimes "Latin America" is used to mean the entire continent(s) that isn't the US or Canada. Like I said, it's not an exact term; it means different things depending on the speaker and context.
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Apr 5, 2013 05:18
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Lycus posted:French is a Latin language. Romance language is the preferred term I believe. And even if it isn't anymore it should be since it's such a nice phrase!
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Apr 5, 2013 07:59
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It's a fine little debate we have going about what is and isn't Latin America which is totally irrelevant as the map shows American influence in virtually every country south of the US regardless of geography or language. Jamaica isn't included because... they made a mistake?
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Apr 5, 2013 08:00
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Jerry Cotton posted:Romance language is the preferred term I believe. And even if it isn't anymore it should be since it's such a nice phrase! I think discussions of Romance America would confuse a lot of people though.
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Apr 5, 2013 08:05
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Mu Cow posted:It's a fine little debate we have going about what is and isn't Latin America which is totally irrelevant as the map shows American influence in virtually every country south of the US regardless of geography or language. Jamaica isn't included because... they made a mistake?
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Apr 5, 2013 09:44
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Ras Het posted:Jamaica isn't a part of Latin America, no? Haiti and Grenada are on there so I figured that it should've been on there too.
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Apr 5, 2013 16:29
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EvanSchenck posted:They indicate pretty clearly in the legend that the map shows interventions since 1890, which is a reasonable starting date for tracking US military adventures in Latin America. The USA intervened militarily two times during the Mexican Revolution; for much of 1914 we occupied the port of Veracruz, and in 1916-1917 the US Army diddled around the border failing to do anything useful about Pancho Villa. Yeah I think both were during the Mexican revolution, although I think I remember that the US sent 2 expeditionary forces to try to capture Pancho Villa, both unsuccessfully, but I'm not sure and cant go to wikipedia right now for fact checking.
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Apr 5, 2013 17:34
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Lycus posted:French is a Latin language. No one considers Montreal a Latin American city though.
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Apr 6, 2013 16:01
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TheImmigrant posted:No one considers Montreal a Latin American city though.
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Apr 6, 2013 16:21
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Guavanaut posted:I always thought it had more to do with the Treaty of Tordesillas dividing the recently discovered Americas between Spain and Portugal. Later French/Dutch/British settlement did not take place within the context of this treaty, so shouldn't be considered as Latin America. The term was not used prior to the 1800s: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_America#Etymology_and_definitions
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Apr 6, 2013 20:17
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lekki posted:I don't get why Romania or Greece are more dangerous than Hungary, Serbia or Macedonia ? I was curious why Romania would be dangerous so I went to the website, and it shows up as green to me for some reason?  http://www.cbc.ca/news/interactives/travel-warnings/ It's funny if it wasn't considered safe cause most foreign expats or tourists who come here say we're safer than most of western europe, in that you can walk around alone at night almost anywhere without problems and stuff like that. On the other hand It's weird that America is "safe" since almost every week I see some news about policemen there killing people because their black or "look muslim", they have a lot of guns around and way more crime than us. Here nobody got guns and I love it that way, I'd be scared shitless to go to america cause I'd spend all my time worrying that some psycho gonna pull out a gun and shoot me cause I look brown or whatever.
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Apr 6, 2013 21:40
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3peat posted:I was curious why Romania would be dangerous so I went to the website, and it shows up as green to me for some reason?
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Apr 6, 2013 21:58
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3peat posted:On the other hand It's weird that America is "safe" since almost every week I see some news about policemen there killing people because their black or "look muslim", they have a lot of guns around and way more crime than us. Here nobody got guns and I love it that way, I'd be scared shitless to go to america cause I'd spend all my time worrying that some psycho gonna pull out a gun and shoot me cause I look brown or whatever. If you're Native American you probably have about as much of a chance of that happening in Canada.
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Apr 6, 2013 21:59
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3peat posted:On the other hand It's weird that America is "safe" since almost every week I see some news about policemen there killing people because their black or "look muslim", they have a lot of guns around and way more crime than us. Here nobody got guns and I love it that way, I'd be scared shitless to go to america cause I'd spend all my time worrying that some psycho gonna pull out a gun and shoot me cause I look brown or whatever. Yes America is very unsafe and if you ever visit you should stay locked indoors at all times and never EVER go out. As a matter of fact, America is so dangerous I would recommend that no one ever come here. Just stay in your own country.
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Apr 6, 2013 22:09
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3peat posted:I was curious why Romania would be dangerous so I went to the website, and it shows up as green to me for some reason? If you value your life, don't visit America if you are non-white. There are people with machine guns standing at every corner looking to gun down Blacks and Muslims. Life for minorities is hell in America. I can only wish that we will one day be as tolerant and enlightened toward minorities as your country.
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Apr 6, 2013 22:50
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I'm literally posting this from a shootout with SWAT because they mistook my freckles for being a minority in disguise.
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Apr 6, 2013 22:56
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I'm getting my degree in Computer Science via homeschooling. I live in constant fear that someone will discover that I am not actually an American.....  .
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Apr 6, 2013 23:24
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Julio Lopez posted:If you value your life, don't visit America if you are non-white. There are people with machine guns standing at every corner looking to gun down Blacks and Muslims. Heh. I'd much rather be black or Muslim or other minority in the US than anywhere in Western Europe.
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Apr 6, 2013 23:40
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TheImmigrant posted:Heh. I'd much rather be black or Muslim or other minority in the US than anywhere in Western Europe. I'd rather be transgendered, Aboriginal Muslim in Canada than a minority anywhere in the US  This thread is going places.
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Apr 6, 2013 23:49
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I'd rather be looking at politically loaded maps. Finland has two "main" official languages (there's more than two but I won't get into that now), Finnish and Swedish. Swedish is mandatory for every Finnish-speaking Finn at school and a lot of people are pissed off about that. Here's a map where red means a municipality with more Russian-speakers than Swedish-speakers and green means more Swedish-Speakers than Russian-speakers. White means "no information". Russian isn't an official language in Finland, by the way. 3D Megadoodoo fucked around with this message at 23:58 on Apr 6, 2013 |
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