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What countries can you do without?

I can go without:

1. China
2. India
3. Thailand
4. Japan
5. Indonesia
6. Pakistan
7. Phillipines
8. Mexico
9. Vietnam
10. Burma

Switzerland. They're nice guys, but they're just kinda sitting there. If Switzerland was nuked off the face of the earth it would take a week for the BBC to notice.

I can go without

USA
France
Sealand
Norway (Scandinavia looks better without it, in my opinion.)


And in case there's any doubt, I'm kidding.

And in case there's any doubt, I'm kidding.

I'm not. Those listed countries keep taking our jobs.

1. USA
2. Israel

What countries can you do without?

I can go without:

1. China
2. India
3. Thailand
4. Japan
5. Indonesia
6. Pakistan
7. Phillipines
8. Mexico
9. Vietnam
10. Burma

:mad:

My g.f. lives in Thailand. I have many Filipina friends. And I have a friend in Indoensia.

:mad:

Oo! And Germany; they've been in a sort of obscure impotence for 60 years and no one has been the worse for it.

FRANCE!

Really, what do they contribute?

What countries can you do without?

I can go without:
-snip-
"You forgot Poland!"
(jk)

I could go without Iran and North Korea

1: Litchenstein
2: San Marino
3: East Timor
4: North Korea
5: Turkish Cyprus
6: Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
7: Djuboti
8: Sao Tome and Principe
9: The Gambia
10: Lesotho

Switzerland. They're nice guys, but they're just kinda sitting there. If Switzerland was nuked off the face of the earth it would take a week for the BBC to notice.

Yeah? I think the sudden disappearance of the 2 trillion dollars that currently reside in the Swiss banks might just make a tiny wee ripple before then, no?

I think it would be easier to list the countries I would miss.
1: America
2: Austrailia
3: Germany
4: Columbia, mmm coffee
5: Venezula
6: Italy
7: Switzerland

poland is a cool name for a country

I could go without:

Zimbabwe
Russia
China
Vietnam
Laos
North Korea
The members of the 'former' Soviet Union
Libya
Syria
Iran
Iraq
Afghanistan
Burma
Mexico
Sudan
Cuba
Pakistan
India

Saudi Arabia and Israel.

I'm not. Those listed countries keep taking our jobs.

So why not move their and work for the wages they get?

Oo! And Germany; they've been in a sort of obscure impotence for 60 years and no one has been the worse for it.
We're just silent and waiting for our third chance ;)

Yeah? I think the sudden disappearance of the 2 trillion dollars that currently reside in the Swiss banks might just make a tiny wee ripple before then, no?
Not really. Who really checks their bank accounts on a regular basis?

"You [people] forgot Poland!"

Not really. Who really checks their bank accounts on a regular basis?

The accountants of major corporations?

We're just silent and waiting for our third chance ;)
WW2 was your third chance, ol' Charly had his way back when, and Wilhelm got his in the 1910's.

"You [people] forgot Poland!"

Poland

(satisfied?)

The accountants of major corporations?
Judging by the actions of Enron, Worldcom, et al, actual money plays very little role in monetary decisions :p

I am glad to see no ne has mentioned Canada!!!! :D

Judging by the actions of Enron, Worldcom, et al, actual money plays very little role in monetary decisions :p

Yes, but the majority of the holdings of Swiss banks can hardly be described as 'actual' money can they?

Pakistan is a GREAT country, btw! Your listening to a Person who lived there for many years, and i know how good it is!

Countries i could do without(the order they're in does NOT show which one i hate most.):

1. France( i just dont like it that much...)
2. Cuba(Pinko commies!)
3. India(due to my strong liking of Pakistan, i therefore dont like India that much...)
4. Russia(Putins gonna re-instate a dictatorship...)
5. North Korea (they just scare me)
6. Columbia (Druggies!)
7. Somalia ( its not liek they have a government anyhoo...)
8. Nigeria (if you see a Nigerian, he's either committing an illegal act OR know someone who is. Trust me, i know these things.)
9. Israel (im not anti-semitic or anything, but Israel is such a stupid country. Its made FAR more problems than it solved by getting created.)
11("10 sir, its 10!" "oh yes, right, 10!"). Syria (I may be part syrian on my Great Grandmothers side, but they just REALLY piss me off...)

What countries can you do without?

I can go without:

1. China
2. India
3. Thailand
4. Japan
5. Indonesia
6. Pakistan
7. Phillipines
8. Mexico
9. Vietnam
10. Burma
China exports a large number of day-to-day goods to the US.
Japan makes a large quantity of high quality mechanical and electronic items, and is responsible for a large portion of the world economy.

The rest are useless.

I could go without:

China
Mexico
Pakistan
India
I can go without:

1. China
2. India
3. Thailand
4. Japan
5. Indonesia
6. Pakistan
7. Phillipines
8. Mexico

1. USA

Try getting through a day without using any products from those countries.

FRANCE!

Really, what do they contribute?
Wine, cheese, billions to the US economy. They didn't become the 5th biggest economy in the world by contributing nothing. Your statement is based purely on negative emotions, like all your posts.

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I wouldn't go without any country, because I recognise that we live in a completely interdependent world.

Yes, but the majority of the holdings of Swiss banks can hardly be described as 'actual' money can they?
I like how our little miniconversation has been completely ignored. But regardless, I PERSONALLY wouldn't miss Switzerland.

Try getting through a day without using any products from those countries.


Wine, cheese, billions to the US economy. They didn't become the 5th biggest economy in the world by contributing nothing. Your statement is based purely on negative emotions, like all your posts.

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I wouldn't go without any country, because I recognise that we live in a completely interdependent world.
Actually, I have not a single thing made in the US, afaik.
All my electronic equipment is made somewhere in Asia. Primarily China.

So why not move their and work for the wages they get?

Yeah and get paid over %50 less of what we would here, I think not!!

So why not move their and work for the wages they get?

Because in CHina working a 24 hour shift is normal.

China exports a large number of day-to-day goods to the US.
Japan makes a large quantity of high quality mechanical and electronic items, and is responsible for a large portion of the world economy.

The rest are useless.

Ahem, if it werent for Pakistan, we'd all be nudey! They make ALOT of textiles and cloth(not to mention REALLY cool rocket launchers and nukes).

And without India, where would you get those shoes of yours, hmmmm? Without india, there isnt a shoe insutry :p Unless you want to wear fuzzy bunny slippers...

Yeah and get paid over %50 less of what we would here, I think not!!

Yes, but those poor wage conditions then allow you to buy goods and services cheaply in your home country. Maybe we should start making a list of multi-national corporations we could do without, instead of countries, after all it is them and not the nations which have day-to-day influence on the lives of people around the globe.

China exports a large number of day-to-day goods to the US.
Japan makes a large quantity of high quality mechanical and electronic items, and is responsible for a large portion of the world economy.

The rest are useless.


I buy american whenever possible. All the things made in Japan and China were deigned in America until the companies sent their design centers to India.

I like how our little miniconversation has been completely ignored. But regardless, I PERSONALLY wouldn't miss Switzerland.

well i would. whats so wrong with israel that its on like 6 lists! oh and canada is special and should become part of another country.(not the us though) 1 country i wanna get rid of is greenland, and 1 more is syria :D

I like how our little miniconversation has been completely ignored. But regardless, I PERSONALLY wouldn't miss Switzerland.

Well, if Switzerland was the price to pay for the collapse of the global neo-liberal capitalist system, I might well find it one worth paying.

I believe all countries are equally important, we can't do without any of them.

Well, if Switzerland was the price to pay for the collapse of the global neo-liberal capitalist system, I might well find it one worth paying.

no ofense but u would think so. :p

Israel (As it exists today)
Saudi Arabia
Somalia
Haiti
Cuba
Those little republics in the Carribean (WTO hassle)
The People's Republic of China
Mexico

ISRAEL - Should have never reformed after its first destruction in 3000 BC

China and India - Both of these have too many people, and will one day rule the world. Just wait 200 years of so...

thats it really, great thread I ask myself that question all the time ;)

It's sad to see that many have completely confused a "country" with a "government."

As for my opinion, all countries are wonderful in the fact that they all contribute a unique cultural perspective to the world. Every country, on the other hand, has its faults, but that is no need to say they ought to go.

Because in CHina working a 24 hour shift is normal.

Hyperbole aside, what makes these jobs 'your' jobs?

I love every nation on earth, especially the USA, and I don't think that hate for any nation is very wise tennet to hold.

"Violence is the last refuge of the imcompetent" -Isaac Asimov

Israel (As it exists today)
Saudi Arabia
Somalia
Haiti
Cuba
Those little republics in the Carribean (WTO hassle)
The People's Republic of China
Mexico

agian what is wrong with israel :confused: . Those little republics in atlantic are quite lovely :mad:

Vatican City. I mean, really. It's all Italy anyway. And what's its capital? Room 308 where the Pope's office is?

1. North Korea
2. China
3. Russia
4. Iran
5. Iraq
6 Syria
7. France
8. Mexico
9. Cuba
10. Iceland (Just Kidding)

Can't miss USA, just hope you could wish it away nowadays.

my list:
1.Malta
2.Liechtenstein
3.Luxembourg
4. Iceland (the brought us Bjork:( )
5.Dubai
6.Quatar
7.Kuwait
8.Taiwan
9.Cyprus (too much trouble anyway)
10. Macedonia

Why these little ass countries........ what do they contribute to the world stage? I myself live in a piss ant country called the Netherlands, but atleast it's know for something and is one of the richest countries in the EU. Am Partial to scrap Quatar off the list seeing that they relieve us from Shite football players (Football the thing the Americans call Soccer). Taiwan isn't really a country, but heck I just hate the name.

1. USA
2. Israel


There's a shocker!

no ofense but u would think so. :p

No offense, but your national animal is in breach of site regulations - Watertown NNY Jews's national animal is the mormon - how would you feel if a nation had "the Jew" as their national animal and then proceded to run their nation so that it was "hunted to the edge of extinction"? (Many have done so, by the way).

No offense, but your national animal is in breach of site regulations - Watertown NNY Jews's national animal is the mormon - how would you feel if a nation had "the Jew" as their national animal and then proceded to run their nation so that it was "hunted to the edge of extinction"? (Many have done so, by the way).
honestly it was meant to say moron originally

u factile invsetigters r 2 literate i even have friends that r mormons
:sniper:

ps. do i sound oblivious, of course ik that!

There's a shocker!

i agree what a shocker ;)

honestly it was meant to say moron originally


Ah, so you believe that the mentally subnormal should have the status of animals?

...3.Luxembourg...

What the Hell is wrong with Luxembourg it is a fairly nice grand duchy.

Ah, so you believe that the mentally subnormal should have the status of animals?


will u stop butchering everything i say :mp5: :sniper:

Hmm the national animal is the jew? Now that's an intriguing idea :)

Hmm the national animal is the jew? Now that's an intriguing idea :)


dont even try :p :sniper:

will u stop butchering everything i say :mp5: :sniper:

Anyhow: the point being that human beings are not deemed appropriate national animals.

poland is a cool name for a country

Yeah you can tell they have no money...

Po' Land

:D

Anyhow: the point being that human beings are not deemed appropriate national animals.

i believe i can dig up a quote from u stating "mormons r stupid" which i have never stated, monsuer pissey

Vatican City. I mean, really. It's all Italy anyway. And what's its capital? Room 308 where the Pope's office is?

Actually the Vatican City is the capital of The Holy See. Not that we need it anyway.

How about Bush or Kerry as the national animal? Bush could pass as ape-like and Kerry as.. hmm.. something.

How about Bush or Kerry as the national animal? Bush could pass as ape-like and Kerry as.. hmm.. something.
r u trying to suggest something :confused:

How about Bush or Kerry as the national animal? Bush could pass as ape-like and Kerry as.. hmm.. something.

A Giraffe with a horrible defect where hes WAY too tall, has gray hair, and has three hearts that are all purple :p

i believe i can dig up a quote from u stating "mormons r stupid" which i have never stated, monsuer pissey

Be my guest, if you can find such a statement made by me, dig it up and show it to the world.

Be my guest, if you can find such a statement made by me, dig it up and show it to the world.

brake it up u2 this is not a poltical debate :gundge:

now make up :fluffle:

Be my guest, if you can find such a statement made by me, dig it up and show it to the world.

the world is an awfully big place. but i will not continue for it is to low for even me.(meditating on floor) :D

brake it up u2 this is not a poltical debate

Really? - I think it is fair to say that in a discussion of which countires various people could do without the political dimension is inescapable.

I say nuke Indonesia.. you'd take out almost 1/4 of the world's muslims, and it's far enough away to minimize fallout (unless you're in Australia, but nevermind them). ;)

Really? - I think it is fair to say that in a discussion of which countires various people could do without the political dimension is inescapable.

I said STOPthis intant :mad:

Interesting thread....i think that all countries have something useful to offer in terms of culture...but there are times when you start to wish that some of them would just jump off the planet for a bit and sort themselves out. They are quite welcome to join again once they have fixed whatever civil problems they are experiencing. It's just that in a globalised world everyone seems to have a say in every little thing and therefore blow it out of proportion by sticking their noses into it.
So...for the time being...I'd say the countries i could do without are...
1. Iraq
2. North Korea
3.Israel
4.Maybe Russia...their president (i think thats what they call him) sucks.

I said STOPthis intant :mad:

im glad u at least came to ur senses. :cool:

Be my guest, if you can find such a statement made by me, dig it up and show it to the world.

Well, mormons are just idiots.


happy :p

happy :p

i tought we stopped this :mad: ness! :mad: :mad: :headbang: :headbang:

happy :p

My last word on the whole matter, seeing as my presence here seems to be causing so much wailing and gnashing of teeth: link?

1. USA
2. Israel

Yay.

My last word on the whole matter, seeing as my presence here seems to be causing so much wailing and gnashing of teeth: link?
now u have confused even me :confused:

Yay.
I'm just honest. I'd not miss either of those :p

now u have confused even me :confused:

Something like this:

http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=7336323&postcount=77

I'm just honest. I'd not miss either of those :p
i acnt imagine y :confused: ;)

Something like this:

http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=7336323&postcount=77
sure but what good would that do?

I'd miss alot of countries,but I wouldn't miss Bush ;)

Yes, but those poor wage conditions then allow you to buy goods and services cheaply in your home country. Maybe we should start making a list of multi-national corporations we could do without, instead of countries, after all it is them and not the nations which have day-to-day influence on the lives of people around the globe.

I know that Microsoft runs the planet (and owns roughly half of it ;) J/K) but I personaly could do without them.

Of all the countries I listed, I'm sure the people are good. It's the despots that run them that have to hit the road.

Except for France...they have no excuse. As for Sabine Herold....she can move in with me. :p

brake it up u2 this is not a poltical debate :gundge:

now make up :fluffle:

But please do it without all the kissing.

But please do it without all the kissing.
dont worry it disappeared from the link :rolleyes:

4.Maybe Russia...their president (i think thats what they call him) sucks.

Why doies their president suck so bad? Because he is taking away civil rights, dividing the nation, and flushing the economy down the toilet. Reminds me of another president i know.

Why doies their president suck so bad? Because he is taking away civil rights, dividing the nation, and flushing the economy down the toilet. Reminds me of another president i know.


nice hit :)

Why doies their president suck so bad? Because he is taking away civil rights, dividing the nation, and flushing the economy down the toilet. Reminds me of another president i know.

Jeeze :rolleyes:

All warring countries or nations with psychotic goverments ;)

Chad. I caould do without Chad. What the hell does Chad do?!?

What about Zimbabwe? Somalia?

I think most people have left Africa right off their lists!

What about Zimbabwe? Somalia?

I think most people have left Africa right off their lists!

Africa is a continent, home to many countries. Speaking of Africa, who needs the congo, (or whatever it is called these days). To unstable and a wast of a buetifal part of this planet. Nothing against the people of this land.

Countries I would miss:

USA
Israel
Britain
Norway

Chad. I caould do without Chad. What the hell does Chad do?!?

Chad's hangin' in there. ;) Plus, they got a city called Mongo. Can't beat that.

Chad's hangin' in there. ;) Plus, they got a city called Mongo. Can't beat that.

'city'? Don't you need pavement to be a city? :p

Africa is a continent, home to many countries. Speaking of Africa, who needs the congo, (or whatever it is called these days). To unstable and a wast of a buetifal part of this planet. Nothing against the people of this land.

Thanks Branin...I wasn't aware that Africa was a continent :p

Just pointing out that there wasn't any country listed from that beautiful cesspool.

Everything but U.S.A.
U.S.A.
yeah...

'city'? Don't you need pavement to be a city? :p

Does the airstrip count? :D

Seriously though, if not for Chad, where would people go to get cholera? I mean, just try and get it back home.. ;)

Every country except Texas, Alstria, new zealand, canada, Scandanavia, israel, :)

Every country except Texas, Alstria, new zealand, canada, Scandanavia, israel, :)

Must be from Texas.

Chad. I caould do without Chad. What the hell does Chad do?!?

Well, you americans have just sunk nearly $4 billion dollars into unlocking its oil reserves (estimated at roughly 1 billion barrels). So, what does Chad do? It comes on line as a spare gas tank if Iraq continues to go pear shaped.

Every country except Texas, Alstria, new zealand, canada, Scandanavia, israel, :)


Hey lady, don't mess with the Mitten of the North

Thanks Branin...I wasn't aware that Africa was a continent :p

Just pointing out that there wasn't any country listed from that beautiful cesspool.

Whew...thats a relief. I don't doubt you knew that. Just clarifying because I don't doubt that there are people on here who don't. I used to help grade history tests. Name the 50 states.....
"China" "Mexico" "Canada" "Chicago" "The great lakes" you get the idea. There are some dumb people floating around in this world.

ISRAEL - Should have never reformed after its first destruction in 3000 BC

China and India - Both of these have too many people, and will one day rule the world. Just wait 200 years of so...

thats it really, great thread I ask myself that question all the time ;)

Well, I don't have any problem with the Jews having a state....but killing others is not the way to go about it. China and India were also once great empires, and yeah, you're probably right, they will one day achieve their former greatness, and surpass it. Persia acheived Empire status at least 3 times during different periods. The French recovered several times as well. Japan also made a reappearance onto the world power scene, and beat the Russians in a war, and in reality, until the development of the nuclear bomb, was probably the most powerful nation on earth during the early portion of the 20th century.

Nations I could do without.....well Switzerland is like a made up confederation....portions of French, Italian, and German areas. That was an idiotic idea.

The African nations should definitely be fixed up to working condition, and not be just random carved out areas.

Really, though, it would be idiotic to wish that certain nations were totally abolished. To me, that's just racist and elitist.

1) usa (under republicains)
2) israel (facists)
3) North korea (humn right violations)
4) Iran (fundamentalists)
5) China (Again Human rights violations)

I guess its not really about the peopel of the country, but the gouvernmenst of those countries.

Americans are nice people......the Bush administration....well i don't think i need to comment on that

Thanks Branin...I wasn't aware that Africa was a continent :p

Just pointing out that there wasn't any country listed from that beautiful cesspool.


Yay for inbreeding


Plus, how can anyone hate Russia?
Russian women are the best

Plus, what the hell is with this topic? how intollerant can we be? all we need is more of this racism, and we will successfully whipe ourselves out...

i have to agree to agree with vivid

Lichtenstein should go.

The Lichtensteinens are evil hitler lovers.

Israel
Russia
Saudi Arabia
Entire Balkans
Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos &c.

Puerto Rico

The states of the southern confederation of the american civil war.

Yay for inbreeding


Plus, how can anyone hate Russia?
Russian women are the best

Plus, what the hell is with this topic? how intollerant can we be? all we need is more of this racism, and we will successfully whipe ourselves out...

Its not racism, is countrialismingywhatailikepieimconfusingmyselfnow-ism

Must be from Texas.
A democrat from texas my mommy says im from the curcus;)

:mad:

My g.f. lives in Thailand. I have many Filipina friends. And I have a friend in Indoensia.

:mad:
My GF lives in the Philippines :fluffle: sooooo I would miss the Phils BIG TIME!!

I'd miss alot of countries,but I wouldn't miss Bush ;)
Maybe Bush could be exiled to Elba like Napoleon? Then you wouldn't miss that tiny island?

What countries can you do without?

I can go without:

1. China
2. India
3. Thailand
4. Japan
5. Indonesia
6. Pakistan
7. Phillipines
8. Mexico
9. Vietnam
10. Burma

Gah! Japan is awesome.. but the rest I would have to agree..

Maybe Bush could be exiled to Elba like Napoleon? Then you wouldn't miss that tiny island?
Or even better Saudi Arbia :)

Lemme say something.

You guys mentioned about every country in the world, that, if they suddenly disappeared, you WOULD notice. BIG time. The sudden and unexplained disappearance of ANY 1st- or 2nd- World country would have a SERIOUS impact on the world's economy (Yes, China and India especially). France is gone? Import Trade crash, Right-wingists. A big portion of Swiss banks actually are in France. Saudi Arabia is gone? 6% of the US's economy is gone, Left-wingists. Stock Market crash aint pretty.

Point is, most countries that you can name in the world are vital to the world's economy. Don't mess with such things.

And East Timor just rocks!

Tokelau.

Lemme say something.

You guys mentioned about every country in the world, that, if they suddenly disappeared, you WOULD notice. BIG time. The sudden and unexplained disappearance of ANY 1st- or 2nd- World country would have a SERIOUS impact on the world's economy (Yes, China and India especially). France is gone? Import Trade crash, Right-wingists. A big portion of Swiss banks actually are in France. Saudi Arabia is gone? 6% of the US's economy is gone, Left-wingists. Stock Market crash aint pretty.

Point is, most countries that you can name in the world are vital to the world's economy. Don't mess with such things.

And East Timor just rocks!

Oh, and no, the 6% is INVESTED in the US, so THEREFORE, it wouldn't disapear with Saudi Arabia.

I think it would be easier to list the countries I would miss.
1: America
2: Austrailia
3: Germany
4: Columbia, mmm coffee
5: Venezula
6: Italy
7: Switzerland

"America" is not a country. There are 38 countries in North America alone:
Anguilla (UK)
Antigua and Barbuda
Aruba (Neth.)
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Bermuda (UK)
British Virgin Islands (UK)
Canada
Cayman Islands (UK)
Costa Rica
Cuba
Dominica
Dominican Republic
El Salvador
Greenland (Denm.)
Grenada
Guadeloupe (Fr.)
Guatemala
Haiti
Honduras
Jamaica
Martinique (Fr.)
Mexico
Montserrat (UK)
Navassa Island (US)
Netherlands Antilles (Neth.)
Nicaragua
Panama
Puerto Rico (US)
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Pierre and Miquelon (Fr.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Trinidad and Tobago
Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)
United States
U.S. Virgin Islands (US)

I would miss every country. I can't hate any nation.

As for things that I WOULDN'T miss: Alliston (my hometown stuck in the middle of nowhere out of the sole fact that the Ontario government is too stupid to send a bus from Toronto when the town is just 45 minutes away), and York University (great people...horrible administration. Just TRY to get anything done...). I wouldn't go so far as to wipe them off the face of the Earth, but once I'm gone from both I won't miss them one bit.

1. Israel (I have Jewish friends; but Israel is fascist
2. USA
3. Britain
4. Romania
5. Vatican City
6. Turkey
7. Pakistan (they lick USA's behind)
8. Georgia (they lick USA's behind)
9. Switzerland (strangle the rich)

Anyone who has the same worldview will agree.

WTF? Why Romania?
they have some of the best women also, plus they have amazing people
but Im going to say this again: Why the intollerance? we do not need it, we will kill ourselves with it

FRANCE!

Really, what do they contribute?
Well, Europe does need someone to be Germany's speed bump...

France
Mexico
Spain
Japan
Germany
Iran
North Korea
California

California
california is awesome, man. i love it here. plus it's not a country.

i'd have to say papua new guinea. it just sort of doesn't count, you know?

It's a joke, man. If California decided to declare independence, it would be a formidable power.

And then there's...
Tonga
Mongolia
San Marino
Liechtenstein
Senegal
French Guiana

"America" is not a country. There are 38 countries in North America alone:
Anguilla (UK)
Antigua and Barbuda
Aruba (Neth.)
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Bermuda (UK)
British Virgin Islands (UK)
Canada
Cayman Islands (UK)
Costa Rica
Cuba
Dominica
Dominican Republic
El Salvador
Greenland (Denm.)
Grenada
Guadeloupe (Fr.)
Guatemala
Haiti
Honduras
Jamaica
Martinique (Fr.)
Mexico
Montserrat (UK)
Navassa Island (US)
Netherlands Antilles (Neth.)
Nicaragua
Panama
Puerto Rico (US)
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Pierre and Miquelon (Fr.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Trinidad and Tobago
Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)
United States
U.S. Virgin Islands (US)

What an idiotic post.

He obviously meant 'the united states of america' you petty ponce

1. All those annoying small countries that make geography such a bitch
2. Any country which is one word and has more than 10 letters
3. Any country that is literally like an island in the middle of another country

Note: I don't have it in for Liechtenstein, that's just the way things turned out.

What an idiotic post.

He obviously meant 'the united states of america' you petty ponce

Yes, but he points out the inherent egocentricity even in our nation's nomen clature... That really should be fixed, by the way.

It's a joke, man. If California decided to declare independence, it would be a formidable power.

And then there's...
Tonga
Mongolia
San Marino
Liechtenstein
Senegal
French Guiana

The capital of Mongolia is Ulan Bataar.
The capital of Burkina Faso (Upper Vulta) is Ouagoudougou.

I knew those since I was 7 years old.

Ergo, I have a certain unrealistic afinity for the two of them.

Well, Europe does need someone to be Germany's speed bump...

lmfao. That's good.

Canada (AKA America II). I mean, would anyone really notice if it was gone? The only products that I can think of that we import are fish and beer. Though Canadian beer is good, we can go to Germany for better.

Brunai
Nassua
Japan (See, Godzilla has the right idea, stomp Japan to bits!)
Sri Lanka
Iceland
The Phillipines

Actually, any island or island chain smaller than New Zealand (NZ pwns with LOTR) should just be vaporized. They only serve to confuse us land-lubbers in terms of geography and be a point for 3-hour tours to crash upon.

Switzerland. They're nice guys, but they're just kinda sitting there. If Switzerland was nuked off the face of the earth it would take a week for the BBC to notice.
:sniper: uh... actually, they'd notice pretty quickly... they have all the cash, remember?

What countries can you do without?

I can go without:

1. China
2. India
3. Thailand
4. Japan
5. Indonesia
6. Pakistan
7. Phillipines
8. Mexico
9. Vietnam
10. Burma
I notice a pretty heavy anti-Asian bias in this list. Care to elaborate why?

(Scandinavia looks better without it, in my opinion.)
Really? Take another look. Without Norway, Scandinavia looks like a giant dick flopping down towards Germany and Poland (With Finland being the balls). Or is that your point? :)

I say nuke Indonesia.. you'd take out almost 1/4 of the world's muslims, and it's far enough away to minimize fallout (unless you're in Australia, but nevermind them). ;)
You'd also take out a huge slab of Hindus, Christians, animists etc. Indonesia (like India) is important because it's useful to point out to Muslims that they only really thrive in non-Muslim countries.
Although yeah, after what the Brits did, OZ probably wouldn't notice any more fallout....

Belgium
It's really more like the surrounding countries anyway. It was formed as a buffer zone between european bigwigs and is no longer needed.
Haiti
Give it to Dominican Republic. The Haitians obviously can't fix it.
Vatican City
Doesn't deserve to be a nation. Private property, yes. Independent nation, no.

Belgium
It's really more like the surrounding countries anyway. It was formed as a buffer zone between european bigwigs and is no longer needed.

But what we do without Belgium chocolate and Bon-bons? Life wouldn't be worth living!

Ceylon
Rhodesia
Kampuchea
Montenegro
Vichy France...

No, wait a moment - those are all countries I've missed...some by only a decade or two...

Damn my lousy sense of timing.

All you people who want to wipe out most of Asia and Africa suck. I'm from Africa and have travelled around Asia a bit. I love both. *goes into nostalgia*

I'd say the US, but first we'd have to remove people like... Johnny Depp for example... :p

Malem of course ;)

All you people who want to wipe out most of Asia and Africa suck. I'm from Africa and have travelled around Asia a bit. I love both. *goes into nostalgia*

I'd say the US, but first we'd have to remove people like... Johnny Depp for example... :p


You come from a place where people eat each other, believe having sex cures aids, throw people in volcanoes, and you want to off America? BUT NOT JOHNNY DEPP? How about this... we send you and Johnny back to Zimbabwe and you guys can both dance around fires and throw rocks at hippos.

I think I'd be rather distraught if any country were suddenly -ended-... but I can think of more than a few groups of nations that desperately need to (and most likely could with minimal fuss) consolidate.

Let's face it, two hundred some odd countries is a rather large whack more than is really justified in a day and age when we can communicate with people a half-world away in real time and just about anywhere's within twenty-four hours of us being there.

I imagine a lot of small countries will band together in the face of the new powers (EU, China, India, US, etc.), and then the confusion will end once and for all.

Until some tiny upstart (relatively speaking) starts demanding sovereignty and a complicated name.

I think we should start with whichever country the arrogant bastard who started this thread lives in.

Massachusetts?

Alright then, I suppose we could excise a little bit of Massachusetts. Just the bit he's on, I think.

Let's face it, two hundred some odd countries is a rather large whack more than is really justified in a day and age when we can communicate with people a half-world away in real time and just about anywhere's within twenty-four hours of us being there.

It's hard enough to get politicians to make intelligent decisions as it is - and you want multiple cultures getting exactly the same govt decrees, no matter how wildly different their polices?

Of course, as long as the UN is "one nation, one vote" splitting is more sensible. Suppose the US gave nominal independence to every state except Washington DC? That'd be how big a voting block?

Anyhow: the point being that human beings are not deemed appropriate national animals.

how about republicans?

The USA is the only one that comes to mind ... I mean, what's it FOR?

Keep Switzerland, they are a testament to the fact that democracy and peace can work.

I'm not. Those listed countries keep taking our jobs.


When you say your jobs, do you (or your country of origin) have the right to all the jobs on offer. If people from these countries are willing to sacrifice a great deal to come to your country and work for less and harder than the indigenous population, why shouldn't they deserve "your jobs"

thanx

Kahta, wth is wrong with you?

How come you frustrated about 'them' taking 'your' jobs?
It's your own fault, you shouldn't have let them get to the U.S.
Or you yourself should get an education which there are not much applicants for.

I think your statement is one of low intelligence.

P.S. instead of flaming, give a reasonable answer, so we can discuss this properly

wouldn't miss
usa
israel
saudi arabia
burma
new zealand, ha ha
would miss
canada
holland
ireland
england
new zealand, ha ha

The only country I'd get rid of would be the Vatican City.

I could go without

Texas. Nuke Texas, and the US will be a nicer place. Not nice, but more removed from being a fascist police state in the hands of a few Bushes. :headbang:

Israel. Was a bad idea to form that state in the heartland of Palestine. Dont nuke it, just take away US-support. The rest will level itself out, as they will be forced to suddenly stick to treaties they already signed. Oh, and to UN resolutions.

Australia. just give NZ a little more space down there.

US. yeah, the US are a little superflous as a whole. The world would be nicer place without someone who's trying to bully everyone around. Wouldn't miss the US, especially if the other side of the st. andrews split would be preserved. Ernest Callenbach got it right from the start in "1999". Even though it might be enough to make them play by UN rules.

But first and foremost it would be a good idea to get rid not of countries but of blockheads like those who start country bashing like the person starting this thread.

Actually, I have not a single thing made in the US, afaik.
All my electronic equipment is made somewhere in Asia. Primarily China.
Unless you specifically boycott US products, I find it hard to believe. On a wider scale, where would our EU economy be without our largest trading partners?

I'm amazed to see so many people put down countries like USA, France and China, which are all essential to the world economy.

I say nuke Indonesia.. you'd take out almost 1/4 of the world's muslims, and it's far enough away to minimize fallout (unless you're in Australia, but nevermind them). ;)
Wow, can you say "guaranteed al-Qaeda nuclear attack"?

Chad. I caould do without Chad. What the hell does Chad do?!?
Absorb Sudanese refugees.

Really? Take another look. Without Norway, Scandinavia looks like a giant dick flopping down towards Germany and Poland (With Finland being the balls). Or is that your point? :)
Yeah, check out the euro coin!

http://startrek.enterprise.online.fr/pict/euro/euro_p2e.gif

Yeah, check out the euro coin!

http://startrek.enterprise.online.fr/pict/euro/euro_p2e.gif

Not too good an image there, this site has a better pic.
http://www.24carat.co.uk/eurocoinsindxframe.html
Scroll down to the 50 cent coin.

This I found funny:
On the Austrian 2 Euro coin, there's a picture of a grumpy looking old woman with this explanation:
This shows a portrait of the radical pacifist Bertha von Suttner, a symbol of Austria's efforts over many decades, to support peace.
News to me - that Austrians have for decades support peace and pacifism. ;)

Idiotic thread. Simply flamebaiting. Go and fall down a well and die.

I'm amazed to see so many people put down countries like USA, France and China, which are all essential to the world economy.
Of course without the USA, you'd reduce oil consumption and pollution by at least a quarter and the World's population by only 5%. So a pretty good trade-off really.

What countries can you do without?

I can go without:

1. China
2. India
3. Thailand
4. Japan
5. Indonesia
6. Pakistan
7. Phillipines
8. Mexico
9. Vietnam
10. Burma

Wouldn't there be much less choice eating out without most of these countries?

America

Portugal
Brazil
Mexico
Mongolia
China
India
All of indonesia
Africa
All of europe except Germany, Ireland, Switzerland, Norway, Finland.
Peru
Argentina
Chile
Boliva
India
The entire Middle East
And the list goes on and on.

Am I the only person left who likes France?

Talk about the conceit in this thread, the arrogance it takes to ask what a country is for. A country doesn't exist to do tricks for you, but so people can live and function together as a society, considering the fact that man is ill-equipped to survive otherwise.

The mindset of the vast majority of the people who've posted in this thread makes me really sad. With this kind of ignorance, no wonder the world's so jacked up. How about just enjoying the experience of seeing other nations at work?

And as far as the Middle East goes, I'd be careful about what you do there, especially to the birthplace of Western Civilization, Mesopotamia.




What did Romania ever do to you?

Idiotic thread. Simply flamebaiting. Go and fall down a well and die.
Seconded.

Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Andorra
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
China
Colombia
Comoros
Congo
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Costa Rica
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Côte d'Ivoire
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
East Timor
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Fiji
Finland
France
Gabon
Gambia, The
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Grenada
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Korea, North
Korea, South
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Micronesia
Moldova
Monaco
Mongolia
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Palau
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Romania
Russia
Rwanda
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and The Grenadines
Samoa
San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia and Montenegro
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Vatican City
Venezuela
Vietnam
Western Sahara
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe

Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Andorra
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
China
Colombia
Comoros
Congo
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Costa Rica
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Côte d'Ivoire
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
East Timor
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Fiji
Finland
France
Gabon
Gambia, The
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Grenada
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Korea, North
Korea, South
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Micronesia
Moldova
Monaco
Mongolia
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Palau
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Romania
Russia
Rwanda
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and The Grenadines
Samoa
San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia and Montenegro
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Vatican City
Venezuela
Vietnam
Western Sahara
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe


Well you may hate everyone...

but you hate everyone equally, so ur not racist!

The world sucks. Burn it all!

The world sucks. Burn it all!

Lol!

BTW- interesting signature :p.

China
Pakistan
Iran
Mexico
Canada
France
Germany
Russia
Jordan
Syria
Lebanon
Saudi Arabia
North Korea

Can anybody guess where I'm from? :rolleyes:

Lol!

BTW- interesting signature :p.

;) Why thank you.

one reason I hate this world-It is a world of hate, and a world of the cynical, where the governments are ruled buy corporations and in turn rule by fear, keeping the world scared into following them. I wouldn't miss this world one bit. I now just spend my days laughing at whatever tickles my fancy and wait for death.

;) Why thank you.

one reason I hate this world-It is a world of hate, and a world of the cynical, where the governments are ruled buy corporations and in turn rule by fear, keeping the world scared into following them. I wouldn't miss this world one bit. I now just spend my days laughing at whatever tickles my fancy and wait for death.

Think of it this way, we're either in a massive, corrupt, cynical world ruled by corporations, or a massive, corrupt, cynical world either ruled by communists/dictators/anarchist(which means no government at all.)

Why, life sucks, doesnt it?

Think of it this way, we're either in a massive, corrupt, cynical world ruled by corporations, or a massive, corrupt, cynical world either ruled by communists/dictators/anarchist(which means no government at all.)

Why, life sucks, doesnt it?

too true. :)

what a waste of eternity.

poland is a cool name for a country


not pooland you thinking of right? ;)

btw: bring back USSR and the old USA..turn the clock back say 20 years and delete everything in the middle east.

I like building castles with sand on the beach :)

France
Israel
well every one not in the commonwealth it would clearly be a better world

Well you may hate everyone...

but you hate everyone equally, so ur not racist!

Why thank you.

not pooland you thinking of right? ;)

btw: bring back USSR and the old USA..turn the clock back say 20 years and delete everything in the middle east.

I like building castles with sand on the beach :)

OR bring back the old USA and NOT the USSR!

And make the Middle EAst into a giant hotel and resort!

1- Israel
2 - Saudi Arabia
3 - USA

Funny the number of people who hate France around it, since they're supposed not to care about such a ridiculous small impotent country... Funny also the number of people who wouldn't miss Pakistan (I would, I love this country a lot despite all its flaws).

France
France
France
France
France

France
France
France
France
France

Somewhat obsessive, heh? :D :D
Are you taking some medication or just waiting for it to go, when it happens?

Abkhazia1

Afghanistan

Albania

Algeria

Andorra

Angola

Antigua and Barbuda4

Argentina3

Armenia

Australia3

Austria4

Azerbaijan1, 4

The Bahamas

Bahrain

Bangladesh

Barbados

Belarus

Belgium

Belize

Benin

Bhutan

Bolivia

Bosnia and Herzegovina4

Botswana

Brazil3

Brunei

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cambodia

Cameroon

Canada3

Cape Verde

Central African Republic

Chad

Chile

China (PRC)4

Colombia

Comoros3

Congo-Kinshasa

Congo-Brazzaville

Costa Rica

Côte d'Ivoire10

Croatia

Cuba

Cyprus1

Czech Republic12

Denmark2

Djibouti

Dominica

Dominican Republic

East Timor

Ecuador

Egypt

El Salvador

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

Estonia

Ethiopia3

Fiji4

Finland4

France2

Gabon

The Gambia

Georgia1,4

Germany3

Ghana

Greece4

Grenada4

Guatemala

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Guyana

Haiti

Honduras

Hungary

Iceland

India3

Indonesia

Iran

Iraq

Ireland, Republic of

Israel

Italy

Jamaica

Japan

Jordan

Kazakhstan

Kenya

Kiribati

Korea (North)

Korea (South)

Kuwait

Kyrgyzstan

Laos

Latvia

Lebanon

Lesotho

Liberia

Libya

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Macedonia (FYROM)5

Madagascar

Malawi

Malaysia3

Maldives

Mali

Malta

Marshall Islands

Mauritania

Mauritius

Mexico3

Micronesia3

Moldova1,4

Monaco

Mongolia

Morocco6

Mozambique

Myanmar11

Nagorno-Karabakh1

Namibia

Nauru

Nepal

Netherlands2

New Zealand2

Nicaragua

Niger

Nigeria3

Northern Cyprus1

Norway2

Oman

Pakistan

Palau

Palestine7

Panama

Papua New Guinea

Paraguay

Peru

Philippines

Poland

Portugal4

Qatar

Romania

Russia3

Rwanda

Sahara6 (Western)

Saint Kitts and Nevis4

Saint Lucia

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Samoa

San Marino

São Tomé and Príncipe4

Saudi Arabia

Senegal

Serbia and Montenegro3,4,8

Seychelles

Sierra Leone

Singapore

Slovakia

Slovenia

Solomon Islands

Somalia1,9

Somaliland1

South Africa

South Ossetia1

Spain3

Sri Lanka

Sudan

Suriname

Swaziland

Sweden

Switzerland3

Syria

Taiwan (ROC)1

Tajikistan4

Tanzania

Thailand

Togo

Tonga

Transnistria1

Trinidad and Tobago4

Tunisia

Turkey

Turkmenistan

Tuvalu

Uganda

Ukraine4

United Arab Emirates3

United Kingdom2,3

United States2,3

Uruguay

Uzbekistan4

Vanuatu

Vatican City

Venezuela 3

Vietnam

Yemen

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Abkhazia1

Afghanistan

Albania

Algeria

Andorra

Angola

Antigua and Barbuda4

Argentina3

Armenia

Australia3

Austria4

Azerbaijan1, 4

The Bahamas

Bahrain

Bangladesh

Barbados

Belarus

Belgium

Belize

Benin

Bhutan

Bolivia

Bosnia and Herzegovina4

Botswana

Brazil3

Brunei

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cambodia

Cameroon

Canada3

Cape Verde

Central African Republic

Chad

Chile

China (PRC)4

Colombia

Comoros3

Congo-Kinshasa

Congo-Brazzaville

Costa Rica

Côte d'Ivoire10

Croatia

Cuba

Cyprus1

Czech Republic12

Denmark2

Djibouti

Dominica

Dominican Republic

East Timor

Ecuador

Egypt

El Salvador

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

Estonia

Ethiopia3

Fiji4

Finland4

France2

Gabon

The Gambia

Georgia1,4

Germany3

Ghana

Greece4

Grenada4

Guatemala

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Guyana

Haiti

Honduras

Hungary

Iceland

India3

Indonesia

Iran

Iraq

Ireland, Republic of

Israel

Italy

Jamaica

Japan

Jordan

Kazakhstan

Kenya

Kiribati

Korea (North)

Korea (South)

Kuwait

Kyrgyzstan

Laos

Latvia

Lebanon

Lesotho

Liberia

Libya

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Macedonia (FYROM)5

Madagascar

Malawi

Malaysia3

Maldives

Mali

Malta

Marshall Islands

Mauritania

Mauritius

Mexico3

Micronesia3

Moldova1,4

Monaco

Mongolia

Morocco6

Mozambique

Myanmar11

Nagorno-Karabakh1

Namibia

Nauru

Nepal

Netherlands2

New Zealand2

Nicaragua

Niger

Nigeria3

Northern Cyprus1

Norway2

Oman

Pakistan

Palau

Palestine7

Panama

Papua New Guinea

Paraguay

Peru

Philippines

Poland

Portugal4

Qatar

Romania

Russia3

Rwanda

Sahara6 (Western)

Saint Kitts and Nevis4

Saint Lucia

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Samoa

San Marino

São Tomé and Príncipe4

Saudi Arabia

Senegal

Serbia and Montenegro3,4,8

Seychelles

Sierra Leone

Singapore

Slovakia

Slovenia

Solomon Islands

Somalia1,9

Somaliland1

South Africa

South Ossetia1

Spain3

Sri Lanka

Sudan

Suriname

Swaziland

Sweden

Switzerland3

Syria

Taiwan (ROC)1

Tajikistan4

Tanzania

Thailand

Togo

Tonga

Transnistria1

Trinidad and Tobago4

Tunisia

Turkey

Turkmenistan

Tuvalu

Uganda

Ukraine4

United Arab Emirates3

United Kingdom2,3

United States2,3

Uruguay

Uzbekistan4

Vanuatu

Vatican City

Venezuela 3

Vietnam

Yemen

Zambia

Zimbabwe

What are the numbers for?

What are the numbers for?
I copied them off a webpage and didn't feel like editing that many.

I copied them off a webpage and didn't feel like editing that many.

OOOOOOOOOOHHHH

ok.

all countries except:
Luxemburg
Chad
UK (because of Scotland)

Got a problem with Scotland, eh? *makes plans to find out where you live, and to hit you with a sack of potatoes.*

This is also a joke, but Scotland rocks, mainly because I'm in it.

Israel. Seriously they are just a bunch of people who can't grasp the concept of shareing. They are spoiled. After WWII we give these people their own country with out asking the people who had lived there for hundreds of years if it was cool with them. Fine, what ever, but then the little jerks invade the west bank not 15 years after the war. What they coulndn't be happy with haveing a home land for the first time in centuries.
Think about it, a small expantionistic country with required military service, a population of religious zealots, and a disproportionally advanced weapons capability. What does that sound like to you..... Iraq, Iran. Another thing why do most terrorists hate Americans (other than Americans haveing an obcene amount of money)? Israel! Why else? They don't bother Muslims any other way but Israel. So basically screw Israel. That is the country screw the country not Jews, not wealthy idealic people, not poor idealic people, just governments that act like my 10 year old sister.

george bush :sniper:, whoops, how did that get there? anyway, i wouldn't miss any of the -istans, coz they're all just the same anyway - rocky and full of opium. On second thoughts....

Israel. Seriously they are just a bunch of people who can't grasp the concept of shareing. They are spoiled. After WWII we give these people their own country with out asking the people who had lived there for hundreds of years if it was cool with them. Fine, what ever, but then the little jerks invade the west bank not 15 years after the war. What they coulndn't be happy with haveing a home land for the first time in centuries.
Think about it, a small expantionistic country with required military service, a population of religious zealots, and a disproportionally advanced weapons capability. What does that sound like to you..... Iraq, Iran. Another thing why do most terrorists hate Americans (other than Americans haveing an obcene amount of money)? Israel! Why else? They don't bother Muslims any other way but Israel. So basically screw Israel. That is the country screw the country not Jews, not wealthy idealic people, not poor idealic people, just governments that act like my 10 year old sister.

I agree. founding Israel was the WORST idea EVER!

george bush :sniper:, whoops, how did that get there? anyway, i wouldn't miss any of the -istans, coz they're all just the same anyway - rocky and full of opium. On second thoughts....

Not Pakistan at least. Its got lush valleys, rolling plains, emmense deserts, towering mountains, snowy fields, and fast flowing rivers.

And all the people found with opium are shot on-sight :D

Yes, but he points out the inherent egocentricity even in our nation's nomen clature... That really should be fixed, by the way.

I've just been calling you guys United Statesians. ;)

And the only countries that need to be wiped off the face of the planet are ones with people in them that would contribute to this list.

Aw crap, there goes mine. :(

Northern African countries and Central Asian ones. Poor, worthless land, and their main exports are terrorists and everything that's illegal.

Got a problem with Scotland, eh? *makes plans to find out where you live, and to hit you with a sack of potatoes.*

This is also a joke, but Scotland rocks, mainly because I'm in it.
Nope, I misread the title. Me like Scotland, mate

Apparently there are two contrary topics about this issue :headbang:

Woo! You're alright then.
*unmakes the note*

george bush :sniper:, whoops, how did that get there? anyway, i wouldn't miss any of the -istans, coz they're all just the same anyway - rocky and full of opium. On second thoughts....

Like minds...

What countries can you do without?

I can go without:

1. China
2. India
3. Thailand
4. Japan
5. Indonesia
6. Pakistan
7. Phillipines
8. Mexico
9. Vietnam
10. Burma

Jesus, you are getting rid of some of the best food on the planet!

usa
poland
swiss (could be divided between france, italy and germany and no one would notice)
israel
tiny pacific countrys no one ever heard of.
all these african countrys without a fixed border.

What countries can you do without?

I can go without:

1. China
2. India
3. Thailand
4. Japan
5. Indonesia
6. Pakistan
7. Phillipines
8. Mexico
9. Vietnam
10. Burma

Hey! Hey! Hey! Japan is awesome!!!

usa
poland
swiss (could be divided between france, italy and germany and no one would notice)
israel
tiny pacific countrys no one ever heard of.
all these african countrys without a fixed border.

What about Luxemburg?

All of Asia rocks!!!

What about Luxemburg?
lol ive thought about them. but whats germany without a renegade city ;)

Countries I could go without:

1.Russia
2.North Korea
3.China
4.Vietnam
5.Cuba
6.Laos
7.Iraq
8.Hungry
9.Fiji
10.Iran
11.Syria
12.Panama
13.Yugoslavia
14.Sudan
15.Chad
16.Jordan
17.Bangladesh
18.Haiti
19.Wales
20.Saudi Arabia

No offense to anyone that lives in these countries but if you do, well I can't think of anything now but I will.

Well you may hate everyone...

but you hate everyone equally, so ur not racist!
No, apparently Sikkim gets to survive!

I wonder if this is what really happened with Noah? Someone forgot he existed? Memories of the Epic of Gilgamesh.....

19.Wales

EU has already forgotten Wales...Maybe it's a sign.

Israel. Seriously they are just a bunch of people who can't grasp the concept of shareing.
Getting rid of Israel because it was a bad idea - fair enough. It would have made a lot more sense to have reestablished the Hanseatic League and given that to the Jews.
But - enough with the complaints about the people. There wouldn't be an attempt at a Palestinian homeland if the Israelis hadn't agreed to it. Compared to the way the Jordanians and Syrians have treated the Palestinians, the Israelies are saints. And they've no incentive to be.

Northern African countries and Central Asian ones. Poor, worthless land, and their main exports are terrorists and everything that's illegal.
Libya? Poor, worthless land? Egypt?
I don't know what you mean with Central Asian countries (Kazakstan?Kirgisia?), but yes most of them are poor, but not worthless. They have huge amounts of nature resources e.g. oil...

No, apparently Sikkim gets to survive!

Isn't Sikkim a state within India? I swear it is. When I was a little kid I had a friend from there...

Countries I could go without:

1.Russia
2.North Korea
3.China
4.Vietnam
5.Cuba
6.Laos
7.Iraq
8.Hungry
9.Fiji
10.Iran
11.Syria
12.Panama
13.Yugoslavia
14.Sudan
15.Chad
16.Jordan
17.Bangladesh
18.Haiti
19.Wales
20.Saudi Arabia

No offense to anyone that lives in these countries but if you do, well I can't think of anything now but I will.

Are you serious?
what do you think will happen to world economics (yes, that does include the us) if china and russia all of a sudden just disappear?

Are you serious?
what do you think will happen to world economics (yes, that does include the us) if china and russia all of a sudden just disappear?
Well noone (almost) seems to care about the consequences. Just think about the prices. And where US would sell all the food then. etc etc Without those countries we couldn't afford to live like we do.

Well noone (almost) seems to care about the consequences. Just think about the prices. And where US would sell all the food then. etc etc Without those countries we couldn't afford to live like we do.
I know... ignorants
but hey, maybe they're talking about getting rid of the political nations...not all the land, too. then the us could seize that land and rise to new power! yay!

I know... ignorants
but hey, maybe they're talking about getting rid of the political nations...not all the land, too. then the us could seize that land and rise to new power! yay!
eh, no? :D
well I could live without some leaders too. Maybe the one who loses next week's election should replace Putin. Nader would take care of China and Cobb could make some positive changes in Australia.

I can't go with any countries. in my opinion, borders and frontiers are antinatural, and patriotism is easily manipulable and a short-minded of seeing life

Because in CHina working a 24 hour shift is normal.

who told you this? were they tripping?

eh, no? :D
well I could live without some leaders too. Maybe the one who loses next week's election should replace Putin. Nader would take care of China and Cobb could make some positive changes in Australia.
that sounds very. ... revolutionary :eek:
just to be fair (and so it doesn't seem the us is behind all of this) let's fix a date to replace all the worlds leaders at once. wouldn't that be fun? oooh, and I could become president..ess of ...saaaay...tahiti?hawaii?some island in the sun?

*on an island in the sun...we'll be playing and having fun...*

that sounds very. ... revolutionary :eek:
just to be fair (and so it doesn't seem the us is behind all of this) let's fix a date to replace all the worlds leaders at once. wouldn't that be fun? oooh, and I could become president..ess of ...saaaay...tahiti?hawaii?some island in the sun?

*on an island in the sun...we'll be playing and having fun...*
I want Nauru! me! ME! (Nauru=laughter in Finnish)

I want Nauru! me! ME! (Nauru=laughter in Finnish)
and is it... a nation, too? (i don't want to tell you 'go get it' and then the laughing people sue me for having said that...)

and is it... a nation, too? (i don't want to tell you 'go get it' and then the laughing people sue me for having said that...)
It's the world's smallest independent republic. Learn more here http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/nr.html

Welcome to visit anytime!

countries i wouldn't miss just about includes pretty much all of them. especialy the super-power memebers of the u.n. security council. starting with the most powerful (and bullying) of them all, then one i happen to live in, the dear old u.s. of a.!

the whole and entire concept of soverignty is for that matter something i wouldn't miss at all.

i certainly wouldn't miss interstate autobahns, border patrols or most especialy building codes.

it would be easier to count the countries i might miss in some (though in no case all) ways.

this much shorter list would include canada, japan, india, nepal, switzerland, scotland. these are among the countries i WOULD in SOME way(s) miss. miss for reasons like trains, mountains, forrests, that sort of thing. i'm almost reluctant to name any of them considering what the u.s. and other super powers seem inclined to do to any country they fear might, just might, in some however slightest way, be or forseeably become, more worth a dam then themselves.

=^^=
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It's the world's smallest independent republic. Learn more here http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/nr.html

Welcome to visit anytime!
wow! that sounds great...the island of laughter. *dreams away*
but you should definitely do something about the life expectancy ;)
besides, it isn't the smallest, as far as i know. the Spratly Islands are even smaller...maybe i claim them? :D

wow! that sounds great...the island of laughter. *dreams away*
but you should definitely do something about the life expectancy ;)
besides, it isn't the smallest, as far as i know. the Spratly Islands are even smaller...maybe i claim them? :D
It's not great. It used to be one of the richest countries (per capita) in the world due to it's phosphate reserves. But they ran out, and extremely poor financial planning and investments have basically bankrupted the island. It's ppl live in poverty and there's bugger-all there but a wasteland, left over by the phosphate stripping.

It's not great. It used to be one of the richest countries (per capita) in the world due to it's phosphate reserves. But they ran out, and extremely poor financial planning and investments have basically bankrupted the island. It's ppl live in poverty and there's bugger-all there but a wasteland, left over by the phosphate stripping.
But when the day comes, I'll show them the way to the rich liberal paradise. (by the day meaning the day when all countries switch their leaders, check previous posts). I've been practicing, you know, just check my nation.... :D

When you do realize that the world will eventually become one country, right now we are just going through regional strife.

France. It's that simple.

When you do realize that the world will eventually become one country, right now we are just going through regional strife.
Never? Atleast if you're talking about humans. :)

Countries/Political Entities I would not mind get taken over by other countries (I still think the locals are important, not matter which political boundaries they fall under):

France (though I can live without French wine and cheese because I don't drink and Italian cheeses are MUCH better)
All of the Middle East except Israel
Cuba
China (let's have the Taiwanese take back their homeland)
The UN

and that's about it.

Countries that I would not mind being brought back:

The Republic of Texas

and that's all I have to say about this.

Let's see... Countries I think should be removed:

-Sweden
-Finland
-Denmark
-Faroe Islands (Technically not an own country, but still...)
-Greenland (Ditto? I don't know for sure...)
-Finland
-Iceland
-Greenland
-Scotland (And the British islands north of there)
-Ireland (Including Northern Ireland)

Regions:

-Newfoundland
-Kola peninsula

All these land areas should then become a part of Norway.

I buy american whenever possible. All the things made in Japan and China were deigned in America until the companies sent their design centers to India.
Japan is actually the world leader in technology. I don't mean american technology companies factories based in Japan (i don't even know if there are any), I mean Japan based technology. I'm not sure about the other industries, but I know the world would suffer with the loss of Japanese technology.

Plus the Japanese had samurai.

Let's see... Countries I think should be removed:

...

-Ireland (Including Northern Ireland)

That there is fighting talk.

Care to elucidate on your reasoning for consigning my homeland to the dustbin of history?

Atlantis

That there is fighting talk.

Care to elucidate on your reasoning for consigning my homeland to the dustbin of history?

No, not to the dustbin of history. To Greater Norway! Think of it like a club that only allows the cool people in. Congrats! You'd be right there on the list if I had my way!

France. It's that simple.
So simple, make the right choice, World.

Israel, Israel, oh yea and Israel(and every african nation except for maybe south africa)

Why do people put Iceland so many times on their list? It rocks!

So simple, make the right choice, World.

Trouble is, there *are* a lot of places I'd prefer to not do without... Slovakia, England, the eastern seaboard of the US (in fact, most of the US, save Massachusettes.) :)

Everybod but USA, anything East Asia besides Russia, Australia, South America, UK and Spain. Everybody else belongs to me.

The US.
ha! just kidding!

France
North Korea
Cuba
Serbia and Montenegro

1. France (so long and thanks for all the snails!)
2. Spain (I don't see why everyone loves Spain so much)
3. Turkey (to be honest with you, I think Turkey is filthy)
4. Palestine (to be honest with you again, wouldn't they be better off inclusive by Israel?)
5. Iraq/n (self explanatory really)
6. Saudi Arabia
7. Yemen
8. Egypt
9. Andorra ("Who???" I hear you ask. Exactly.)
10. North Korea
11. Pakistan
12. Bangladesh
13. Jamaica (No offence, but... )
14. Zimbabwe (I would have no problem with the artist formerly known as, but to be quite frank they don't really know how to rule themselves, do they?)
15. Libya
16. Algeria (sorry France nothing personal (much))
17. Albania (maybe just let Greece have 'em, eh?)

And I would also suggest Ireland on the grounds that they should be part of the UK, but I can't be bothered to resist the flames.

Isn't Sikkim a state within India? I swear it is. When I was a little kid I had a friend from there...
Sikkim is a nation, but India does overwatch - so like Bangladesh I guess...
http://www.sikkim.nic.in/

Let's see... Countries I think should be removed:

-Sweden
-Finland
-Denmark
-Faroe Islands (Technically not an own country, but still...)
-Greenland (Ditto? I don't know for sure...)
-Finland
-Iceland
-Greenland
-Scotland (And the British islands north of there)
-Ireland (Including Northern Ireland)

Regions:

-Newfoundland
-Kola peninsula

All these land areas should then become a part of Norway.
I would like Finland (both of them) to be part of Greater Norway. I'll send a note to our president.

Sikkim is a nation, but India does overwatch - so like Bangladesh I guess...
http://www.sikkim.nic.in/
Bangladesh is independent. Maybe more like UK-Gibraltar, Pitcairn, Falkland

I could probably do without the tiny Republic of Togo...