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I'm having a few doubts about this ranking. Freedom of speech in Finland is supposed to be the same as in Afghanistan? I'm sure they theoretically have it in A

by andor 11y ago

I'm having a few doubts about this ranking. Freedom of speech in Finland is supposed to be the same as in Afghanistan? I'm sure they theoretically have it in Afghanistan if the table says so, but the consequences will be very different. Health and Wellness: Life expectancy is a good overall indicator, but how can you quantify the situation of people who fell ill? Cheap access to good medical care varies a lot between countries. Globally ranked universities: how about normalizing this by size of population, e.g. Switzerland vs. Germany? Personal Freedom of Choice/Early marriage: where's the freedom of choice part in this? I don't think the relatively early marriages in the US, Canada and New Zealand are all arranged.

vacri 11y ago
I'm having some difficulty looking at their site. UAE is #1 for tolerance of immigrants? They're a modern-day slave state! Similarly the UAE placed as high as 20th in the rankings for 'discrimination against minorities'. Similarly Belarus gets a top score for religious tolerance, while western Europe gets second bottom. Belarus's form of religious tolerance is 'you're free to be whatever religion, as long as it's the state religion' (Orthodox). You don't get any protections from the state if you're not Orthodox. There's quite a few spots where things look iffy in their rankings.
- notahacker 11y ago
  Algeria, where homosexual acts are illegal, is more "tolerant of homosexuality" than Thailand, which might not be a liberal paradise but embraces homosexuality and transgenderism as part of cultural norms like few other places. The highest level of religious tolerance is exhibited in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, which handed out a death sentence to a blogger for apostasy at the end of last year. Western Europe, apparently, should look towards them to as an example. This is not just a bit iffy. This is dangerously bad ranking.

by andor 11y ago

vacri 11y ago

I'm having some difficulty looking at their site. UAE is #1 for tolerance of immigrants? They're a modern-day slave state! Similarly the UAE placed as high as 20th in the rankings for 'discrimination against minorities'. Similarly Belarus gets a top score for religious tolerance, while western Europe gets second bottom. Belarus's form of religious tolerance is 'you're free to be whatever religion, as long as it's the state religion' (Orthodox). You don't get any protections from the state if you're not Orthodox. There's quite a few spots where things look iffy in their rankings.

notahacker 11y ago
Algeria, where homosexual acts are illegal, is more "tolerant of homosexuality" than Thailand, which might not be a liberal paradise but embraces homosexuality and transgenderism as part of cultural norms like few other places. The highest level of religious tolerance is exhibited in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, which handed out a death sentence to a blogger for apostasy at the end of last year. Western Europe, apparently, should look towards them to as an example. This is not just a bit iffy. This is dangerously bad ranking.