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Player1x3 on 12 July 2011
sapphi_snake said:
Player1x3 said:

Religion doesnt have to occupy your life to be important to you. Religion is important to me, but I rarely go to church, or only on holidays. And if we include Kosovo, I think Serbia would be  above or on par with Romania at least. After all, most valuable and oldest serbian orthodox churches are in Kosovo (lots of them got destroyed by Albanians thou) Kosovo used to be the heart of orthodox christianity on Balkans, probably 2nd most important one after Constatinople

Actually, 88% of the inhabitants of Kosovo are Albanians, and 90% are muslim. According to Wikipedia (thake this as you will) over 99% of Kosovo inhabitants are religious, so if the region becomes an independent state it will probably be the most religious state in Europe (even surpassing Turkey).

Kosovo is disputed part of Serbia under controll of UN, I was talking more about religion in Serbia overall, rahter than religion of Serbs



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Rainbow Yoshi on 13 July 2011

Britain has the highest amount of teenage pregnancy, my hometown,Gosport, has the highest amount of teenage pregnancy in Britain (no comments from Seece).



Troll_Whisperer on 14 July 2011
Rainbow Yoshi said:
Britain has the highest amount of teenage pregnancy, my hometown,Gosport, has the highest amount of teenage pregnancy in Britain (no comments from Seece).

I'm Spanish but I currently live in the UK, so I'll add something related to what you said.

The UK is the worst Western country to raise children in, together with the US. They're in positions 20 and 21, and both are very far from the 19th even, in terms of well-being.

CHILD WELL-BEING TABLE
1. Netherlands
2. Sweden
3. Denmark
4. Finland
5. Spain
6. Switzerland
7. Norway
8. Italy
9. Republic of Ireland
10. Belgium
11. Germany
12. Canada
13. Greece
14. Poland
15. Czech Republic
16. France
17. Portugal
18. Austria
19. Hungary
20. United States
21. United Kingdom
Source: Unicef

Some more data:

-UK child poverty has doubled since 1979
-Children living in homes earning less than half national average wage - 16%
-Children rating their peers as "kind and helpful" - 43%
-Families eating a meal together "several times" a week - 66%
-Children who admit being drunk on two or more occasions - 31%



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Acevil on 14 July 2011
sabby_e17 said:
Pakistan is home to the second highest mountain on Earth, the K2 mountain.


Arguably the most dangerous mountain to climb, and it is the tallest mountain basically the longest climb if you were going straight up (not highest). Actually not sure about the tallest anymore, it was an old saying. 

It is very dangerous, I think 1/4 die. 



 

Troll_Whisperer on 14 July 2011
trasharmdsister12 said:
Troll_Whisperer said:
Rainbow Yoshi said:
Britain has the highest amount of teenage pregnancy, my hometown,Gosport, has the highest amount of teenage pregnancy in Britain (no comments from Seece).

I'm Spanish but I currently live in the UK, so I'll add something related to what you said.

The UK is the worst Western country to raise children in, together with the US. They're in positions 20 and 21, and both are very far from the 19th even, in terms of well-being.

CHILD WELL-BEING TABLE
1. Netherlands
2. Sweden
3. Denmark
4. Finland
5. Spain
6. Switzerland
7. Norway
8. Italy
9. Republic of Ireland
10. Belgium
11. Germany
12. Canada
13. Greece
14. Poland
15. Czech Republic
16. France
17. Portugal
18. Austria
19. Hungary
20. United States
21. United Kingdom
Source: Unicef

Some more data:

-UK child poverty has doubled since 1979
-Children living in homes earning less than half national average wage - 16%
-Children rating their peers as "kind and helpful" - 43%
-Families eating a meal together "several times" a week - 66%
-Children who admit being drunk on two or more occasions - 31%

 

 

What are the metrics by which they measured "worse place to raise children"? Education? Crime Rate? Birth defects? 

Education, time spent with the family, trust in friends, poverty, etc. I'll just give you a link if you like:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6359849.stm

In here you can find a full report in PDF (down the page): http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6359363.stm



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JEMC on 14 July 2011

The name of my country, "España" (and even the English name for it, "Spain") comes from the fenician word "i-spn-ya". The romans kept that name with "Hispania", which in latin means "Land rich in rabbits".

 

Troll_Whisperer said:
sapphi_snake said:
Troll_Whisperer said:
Contrary to popular belief, in Spain practically no-one likes flamenco or bullfighting. It isn't a very religious country either.

Then why do you continue thatbarbaric practice???!!!

Because it is considered a "tradition" and the few people that do like it (I've never met one, they're mostly in the south) want to keep it for that reason. Also, many people who have never watched a bullfight in their lives defend it, because it's part of the Spanish culture according to them, even though there are like 10 more popular sports (if you can call that a sport) in Spain.

First things first, I don't like bullfighting, although these last days I've enjoyed watching "los encierros de San Fermín".

Secondly, it's not only popular in the south, "Las Ventas" is the 3rd largest plaza of the world, way bigger than "La Maestranza".

Third, bullfighting is also popular in the south of France.

And last, in some places (like Catalonia) we have abolished bullfighting, and quite frankly it will soon disapear as it's not very healty business.



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blunty51 on 14 July 2011

Trinidad:
Invented Steelpan (or Steeldrum as some may call it)
Some say it boasts the largest roundabout in the world

For a population of 1.3 million, we do make it around.
2 Miss Universe's
1 Miss World
Many olympic medals in swimming, track and field
Top ranked female boxer
Cricketing records
and stuff..



Troll_Whisperer on 14 July 2011
JEMC said:

The name of my country, "España" (and even the English name for it, "Spain") comes from the fenician word "i-spn-ya". The romans kept that name with "Hispania", which in latin means "Land rich in rabbits".

 

Troll_Whisperer said:
sapphi_snake said:
Troll_Whisperer said:
Contrary to popular belief, in Spain practically no-one likes flamenco or bullfighting. It isn't a very religious country either.

Then why do you continue thatbarbaric practice???!!!

Because it is considered a "tradition" and the few people that do like it (I've never met one, they're mostly in the south) want to keep it for that reason. Also, many people who have never watched a bullfight in their lives defend it, because it's part of the Spanish culture according to them, even though there are like 10 more popular sports (if you can call that a sport) in Spain.

First things first, I don't like bullfighting, although these last days I've enjoyed watching "los encierros de San Fermín".

Secondly, it's not only popular in the south, "Las Ventas" is the 3rd largest plaza of the world, way bigger than "La Maestranza".

Third, bullfighting is also popular in the south of France.

And last, in some places (like Catalonia) we have abolished bullfighting, and quite frankly it will soon disapear as it's not very healty business.

I don't even know where Las Ventas and La Maestranza are, to be honest. Maybe it's just people around me. I am from Bilbao and have family in León and I've never once in my life met someone who watched a bullfight (that I know of).



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JEMC on 15 July 2011
Troll_Whisperer said:

I don't even know where Las Ventas and La Maestranza are, to be honest. Maybe it's just people around me. I am from Bilbao and have family in León and I've never once in my life met someone who watched a bullfight (that I know of).

La Maestranza is in Sevilla and las Ventas is in Madrid.

And I haven't met anyone has who wathced a bullfight too.



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sapphi_snake on 15 July 2011
trasharmdsister12 said:
Fact: I'm the biggest thing outta Canada since Pamela's Double Ds

She's Canadian?



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