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Tuesday, 19 August 2008

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ChrisN

"and human rights (according to a score determined by an American organisation)"

Presumably the reason you put in this qualifier (rather than summarizing the winners and losers, as you did for the other rankings) is that having the USA and UK at #1 and #2 doesn't fit with the Indy's worldview that we're living in some sort of dictatorship?

whelan

Ignoring Guantanamo and extraordinary rendition of course.

joan

Slovenia is famous for many things, just that ignorants as you do NOT know! FY!

joan

Ohhhh! I see, you are british, that's why you have no idea about slovenia, you might not be able to point it in the map! Did you know that slovenia is in european union? mmmm... IGNORANT!

Jim Cooper

"it seems to place Australia, whose displacement in the official table by Britain has caused such delight here and consternation there"

Since it was Australia's 3rd best medal haul ever (counting either golds or total medals), better even than at home in Melbourne, no-one at home is all exhibiting all that much consternation. The athletes are getting parades all over the country.

Only those with very short memories would think this order of medal tallies is unusual, in fact.

Fry

The Human rights table is rubbish .
How can the USA with its use of the Death penalty finish top and how can China end up above Canada New Zeland norway and Japan (not to mention many other nations with far better human rights records and freedoms.?

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