French Terror Attack

[TyGuy]

Man, you do hold a grudge don't you?

Your dog is awesome.. I just thought it was funny you had the mofo in the fridge, like.. for real B? Homeboy can't be in the fridge man.. c'mon...

I'm just stating the facts. Somehow it seems more insensitive posting pictures of my dogs in a thread about terrorism than it does about Kyrie Irving. At least to me anyway.

 

[gourimoko]

I'm just stating the facts. Somehow it seems more insensitive posting pictures of my dogs in a thread about terrorism than it does about Kyrie Irving. At least to me anyway.

BECAUSE ITS KYRIE FUCKING IRVING MAN!!!

 

[Sebastian]

I squealed with delight at those dog pictures.

 

[David.]

Yea I don't think you're a bad guy, unless you change your avi from that dog to a Warriors logo. I think that's what best about these forums, especially off topic. You get multiple views but in the end we all have that one believe, Go Cavs and try your best Browns.

Not so fast bucko.

I think the cavs should stop and the browns should try their worst.

 

[Sebastian]

Not so fast bucko.

I think the cavs should stop and the browns should try their worst.

Monster.

 

[Jordan]

To all this, I just want to add that interpreting such things can be difficult because the words may have somewhat different meanings in different societies, so we may not actually be comparing apples to apples. For example, I would guess that one reason that "democracy" ranks lower in the U.S. is because so many of us have drilled into us that we're a "republic". I'm not sure if that distinction exists in those other countries. Had the question been phrased as "a Republican form of government", the response may have been different.

The bolded language struck me as perhaps one of the core issues we're trying to figure out right now. 17.1% in Egypt is a distinct minority, but it's not an insignificant minority either. I have to ask -- is there a continuum of responses from (for example) "essential" to "important" to "irrelevant" provided in that survey? If so, what are the various responses?

That's really interesting stuff, btw.

So I've tried to copy the dataset to no avail. If you go to the WVS website, click on "data and documentation," followed by "online analysis," "2010-2014," and finally select the countries you get taken to a question page. Type in "democracy" and it should be the second choice.

But yeah, so there is a continuum from 1-10, 1 being not essential, 10 being very essential. Iraq and Egypt both have a mean score of three points higher than the US, Kuwait at two points, and Tunisia at one point.

Do citizens these countries believe religion has a place in democratic government? Absolutely. But the difference is not as extreme as some make it out to be. It is a distinct difference, though. It reads to me, though, that the societal problems is more than just religion.

Also, your point about republic vs. democracy is fascinating. I think that could be something interesting to look into. I'd imagine you're probably correct.