
Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006
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Southern Charm, Western Passion
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 16,186
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Re: Sweden Is Top Democracy; Italy `Flawed,' Study Shows
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Originally Posted by Strengthandhonour
Rank Country Score1. Sweden 9.882. Iceland 9.713. Netherlands 9.664. Norway 9.555. Denmark 9.5216. Spain 8.3417. U.S. 8.2220= Japan 8.1523. U.K. 8.0824. France 8.0729. South Africa 7.9134. Italy 7.7335. India 7.6842. Brazil 7.38102. Russia 5.02112. Iraq 4.01138. China 2.97167. North Korea 1.03
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Even I could be more democratic than many of the high scorers there.
Ok, but only as a test and for a couple of days 
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