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View Poll Results: Personal Freedom - what country gives you the most?
United States 20 20.41%
Canada 15 15.31%
Sweden 3 3.06%
Norway 2 2.04%
Australia 2 2.04%
Japan 1 1.02%
China 0 0%
Russia 0 0%
France 0 0%
Germany 2 2.04%
New Zealand 8 8.16%
The Netherlands 14 14.29%
Brazil 0 0%
Mexico 2 2.04%
Italy 0 0%
Greece 0 0%
Thailand 1 1.02%
Spain 1 1.02%
Denmark 1 1.02%
Austria 1 1.02%
Switzerland 3 3.06%
Ireland 1 1.02%
Hungary 0 0%
Czech Republic 0 0%
Another country 21 21.43%
Voters: 98. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 03-01-2014, 12:42 PM
 
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What world country do you think gives you the most freedom?
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Old 03-01-2014, 12:48 PM
 
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My guess:

Canada
New Zealand
Swizerland

List of freedom indices - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Old 03-01-2014, 12:56 PM
 
Location: Windsor, Ontario, Canada
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Apparently, it's New Zealand.


#2 - Netherlands
#3 - Hong Kong
#4 - Australia
#5 - Canada
#6 - Ireland
#7 - USA
#8 - Denmark
#9 - Japan
#10 - Estonia

http://www.fraserinstitute.org/uploa...-the-world.pdf
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Old 03-01-2014, 02:27 PM
 
Location: Phoenix
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Thailand
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Old 03-01-2014, 02:28 PM
 
Location: Viña del Mar, Chile
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merika
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Old 03-01-2014, 02:35 PM
 
Location: Gorgeous Scotland
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Uk
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Old 03-01-2014, 04:56 PM
 
Location: Eindhoven, Netherlands
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Thailand
Not by law.
They can lock you up for possession of marijuana, If lucky you can bribe the cops, it will cost you aroud 20.000 baht ($610) per cop.

Anything over 10 grams and you will be seen as a dealer
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Old 03-01-2014, 05:38 PM
 
Location: Vancouver
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There's economic freedom

Country Rankings: World & Global Economy Rankings on Economic Freedom

and? Well I suppose that's where the discussion will get interesting. Who gets to define freedom? Some people define it by their right to own a gun, others not so much.
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Old 03-01-2014, 05:46 PM
 
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Not by law.
They can lock you up for possession of marijuana, If lucky you can bribe the cops, it will cost you aroud 20.000 baht ($610) per cop.

Anything over 10 grams and you will be seen as a dealer
Like in most countries of the world.
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Old 03-01-2014, 05:48 PM
 
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1-Norway

2-Sweden

3-Finland
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