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    Default Scotland is the Most Violent Place in the Developed World - UN

    the United Nations reports that Scotland is the most violant place in the developed world, with 2000 attacks a week. However, various senior officers of the constabulary criticised the report, saying that 2000 is about 10 times greater than the number of attacks in police records.

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    Scotland worst for violence - UN

    The report claims there are 2,000 attacks per week
    Scotland has been named the most violent country in the developed world by a United Nations report.
    The study found that, excluding murder, Scots were almost three times as likely to be assaulted as Americans.


    Victims of crime in 21 countries were interviewed by the UN, but senior Scots police officers criticised the study.

    The survey concluded that 2,000 Scots were attacked every week. That figure is 10 times the number recorded in official police figures.

    The results showed Scotland was more violent than either England or Wales.

    The figure for Scotland dwarves that of other developed nations such as Japan, where people are 30 times less likely to be attacked.

    A statement from the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland said: "The general picture of Scotland around the world is not one of a violent country
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    I would believe the UN report more than the records of the constabulary, considering that attacks are only reported if the attacked person is middle-aged, elderly, an upstanding citizen (which rarely occurs), or the attack is serious enough for the person to go to hospital. Although, it is this type of behaviour that makes us produce the best soldiers in the world.
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    It seems that you Scots miss raiding England.
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    Quote Originally Posted by King Henry V
    It seems that you Scots miss raiding England.
    Fighting amongst ourselves has always been more important than fighting England. The Clan Wars, the Bishops' Wars (which led onto the English Civil War), the Jacobite Rebellions, the Glencoe Massacre, and a whole host of other conflicts.
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    And of course murdering your kings.......
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    Hmm? which king would that be, my memory fails me?
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    Several of the Jameses to name but a few.
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    Wow, didn´t know you were that violent. Must be the scandinavian blood...
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    You guys need guns. Then the criminals won't be able to get ya!
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    Darn! Why are you Americans using guns, and allow them to be brought at a darn SHOP!!! Jeezo, man!!!



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    What how did we lose NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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    Well, what do you expect from a nation where the national hobby is head-butting and the national sport is some weird ice-sweeping game! Id be violent too!
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    Wow. Considering the small population (5 million, right?) that is an amazing amount of violence. It's like you guys want to turn Scotland into a desolate wasteland, who's only residents are sheep and a donkey named Mavis. I'm glad i live south of the border, in cheery old England, where the attacks may be less but more severe.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ceasar010
    You guys need guns. Then the criminals won't be able to get ya!
    You'd trust a bunch of drunk guys eating sheep's stomachs with guns?!

    There'd be about 2000 murders a week if you let them have guns. Plus all the accidental drunken deaths...

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    You see, this is the difference between the US and the rest of the world. So here, Scotland is tapped as most violent place in developed world, people jump in and make Scot jokes, and the Scots are all just like, "yeah, well".

    Anything like this in the US and people would be up in arms like "Oh no you didn't just discriminate against me! Gah! Gah! Blah!"

    Or what do all of you think?

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    Never read Trainspotting, but I saw the movie.

    I think it's a different kind of violence entirely.

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    Scotland is the Most Violent Place in the Developed World - UN

    Scotland - Violent yes. Developed...

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    I see that Scotland is the Most Violent Place in the Developed World according to the U. N.
    So how are the women there?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Shaka_Khan
    I see that Scotland is the Most Violent Place in the Developed World according to the U. N.
    So how are the women there?
    It was them they were talking about .

    When I moved to England 3 years ago I was looking to buy a house, I was warned by several people in work to avoid the council estates as they were very rough. When my wife moved down a couple of months later we done some investigating and the rough estates could have passed for some of the nice private estates where I come from.

    But, the most violent place in the developed world, not sure about that, there's not that much gun crime that I remember but you can always expect to see a couple of scuffles on a night out. Saying that, Scotland is my home and I love it, it just helps you to grow up, my neighbours child still crys when his mum shouts at him and he's 12ish years old.

    If only Scotland could sort out the unemployment and drugs the place would be almost perfect, almost because of the weather .

    You see, this is the difference between the US and the rest of the world. So here, Scotland is tapped as most violent place in developed world, people jump in and make Scot jokes, and the Scots are all just like, "yeah, well".
    Racism's not that big an issue in Scotland, unless you're English just ask John Barnes he said he was racially abused numerous times when he was with Celtic but no-one ever mentioned the fact he was black. In Scotland we refer to Chinese people as Chinkies or Chinks, but we don't see that as racist, it's just a term and it's not meant as an insult, no Chinese that have lived in Scotland for any amount of time would be insulted by it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Del Arroyo
    You see, this is the difference between the US and the rest of the world. So here, Scotland is tapped as most violent place in developed world, people jump in and make Scot jokes, and the Scots are all just like, "yeah, well".

    Anything like this in the US and people would be up in arms like "Oh no you didn't just discriminate against me! Gah! Gah! Blah!"

    Or what do all of you think?

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    Default Which Western country is the most violent?

    http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article...786945,00.html

    That was kind of suprising considering how I'm constantly told that I live in the most violent, crime-infested country to ever exist. Do you think that this study is accurate?
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    Default Re: Which Western country is the most violent?

    oops, I didn't see the similar thread. Could a mod combine my thread with the other one pertaining to the subject matter? Thanks...
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