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Ichigo said:
Mostly the same although I would also love to go to Switzerland if I had the chance as I like the mountains and scenery there although it is pricy.
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There is something about Switzerland that pissed me off the last time I was there, but I cannot remember what it was. It was something minor, but it just pissed me right off. So much so that I started wondering why other nations have not declared war on the Swiss ever, but what it was completely eludes me now.
 
I would move to Denmark or Japan at a drop of a hat. best schooling systems in the world. Before 94 South Africa was number 1 in education. Now we are dead last. There are schools in Africa that don't even have walls but they are better than ours. Denmark is number 1 now. I would love for my boy to get an education there. The requirement for residency is hardcore though.
 
PsychoFish said:
There is something about Switzerland that pissed me off the last time I was there, but I cannot remember what it was. It was something minor, but it just pissed me right off. So much so that I started wondering why other nations have not declared war on the Swiss ever, but what it was completely eludes me now.
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Are they still a neutral country, I wonder if they even have a good army?
 
Ichigo said:
Are they still a neutral country, I wonder if they even have a good army?
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There are at least 3,000 points of demolition built into bridges, highways, and railroads throughout the nation. And those are just the ones acknowledged by the government. Some of those beautiful mountains are hollow enough to fit whole military divisions. There are cannons hidden in houses -- just waiting, just begging for the chance to kill someone. There are man-made rock slides waiting for the trigger. And all of these Wile E. Coyote traps weren't just set up and abandoned after World War II -- civil engineers undergo regular drills all the time. You know, just in case.

What we're trying to say is that Switzerland is like that quiet kid in the back of class who you just don't fuck with because he knows muay thai and has a weird twitch. Oh, and he has a lot of guns. In Switzerland, every man is required to join the military once he hits 19. That in itself isn't too weird; lots of countries have compulsory conscription. What's different about Switzerland is that once discharged from basic training, everyone takes their weapons home with them. They have to. It's the law. And they can keep those guns forever, which is one reason why the only two countries that have more firearms per capita than Switzerland are the United States (no surprise there) and Yemen. Not that we can get accurate numbers, because gun registration isn't a thing in Switzerland.

Why couldn't someone just bomb them into submission? Well, the country has spent the last 50 years building bomb shelters, for one. Beginning in 1963, every household was required to build its own shelter in case of nuclear attack. In fact, by the 1980s, the Swiss could shelter up to 83 percent of the population underground should the U.S. and USSR lose their shit. Which is so cute, because American funding for fallout shelters ceased altogether in the mid-1960s.

So when the aliens finally come and try to take over, we should just mutually agree to send them to Switzerland first.



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Ichigo said:
Are they still a neutral country, I wonder if they even have a good army?
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After the Clod War they disbanded most of their defense force. They have a small army now. But they have a "specialist" defense force. Smaller, but highly skilled in certain specialties. Not sure what that means but it sounds badass.
 
PsychoFish said:
There are at least 3,000 points of demolition built into bridges, highways, and railroads throughout the nation. And those are just the ones acknowledged by the government. Some of those beautiful mountains are hollow enough to fit whole military divisions. There are cannons hidden in houses -- just waiting, just begging for the chance to kill someone. There are man-made rock slides waiting for the trigger. And all of these Wile E. Coyote traps weren't just set up and abandoned after World War II -- civil engineers undergo regular drills all the time. You know, just in case.

What we're trying to say is that Switzerland is like that quiet kid in the back of class who you just don't fuck with because he knows muay thai and has a weird twitch. Oh, and he has a lot of guns. In Switzerland, every man is required to join the military once he hits 19. That in itself isn't too weird; lots of countries have compulsory conscription. What's different about Switzerland is that once discharged from basic training, everyone takes their weapons home with them. They have to. It's the law. And they can keep those guns forever, which is one reason why the only two countries that have more firearms per capita than Switzerland are the United States (no surprise there) and Yemen. Not that we can get accurate numbers, because gun registration isn't a thing in Switzerland.

Why couldn't someone just bomb them into submission? Well, the country has spent the last 50 years building bomb shelters, for one. Beginning in 1963, every household was required to build its own shelter in case of nuclear attack. In fact, by the 1980s, the Swiss could shelter up to 83 percent of the population underground should the U.S. and USSR lose their shit. Which is so cute, because American funding for fallout shelters ceased altogether in the mid-1960s.

So when the aliens finally come and try to take over, we should just mutually agree to send them to Switzerland first.



Read more: http://www.cracked.com/article_20301_the-5-most-secretly-badass-countries.html#ixzz3RR4QVxDG
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ClockworkNinja said:
After the Clod War they disbanded most of their defense force. They have a small army now. But they have a "specialist" defense force. Smaller, but highly skilled in certain specialties. Not sure what that means but it sounds badass.
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Sounds similar to Israel's army so Swiss is a laid back version of them.
 
PsychoFish said:
There is something about Switzerland that pissed me off the last time I was there, but I cannot remember what it was. It was something minor, but it just pissed me right off. So much so that I started wondering why other nations have not declared war on the Swiss ever, but what it was completely eludes me now.
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Probably because the Swiss have all their politicians' money stashed away for them

Ichigo said:
Are they still a neutral country, I wonder if they even have a good army?
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Switzerland has always been neutral afaik. Their army has nice pocket knives and their own chocolate. Sounds good to me

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If there was a world war now, where would South Africa stand? Would we go with the Chinese since they own half the country? Russia because were part of the BRICS now, or the USA, just because? I'm not that into politics to know.
 
ClockworkNinja said:
If there was a world war now, where would South Africa stand? Would we go with the Chinese since they own half the country? Russia because were part of the BRICS now, or the USA, just because? I'm not that into politics to know.
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we probably wouldn't even take part, don't think we even did for WWI and II.

PsychoFish said:
And they're not actively trying to shoot or bomb the crap out of their neighbors
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And don't have terrorist suiciding and shooting missiles at them :)

matt said:
Probably because the Swiss have all their politicians' money stashed away for them



Switzerland has always been neutral afaik. Their army has nice pocket knives and their own chocolate. Sounds good to me

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I do love Swiss Chocolate it is awesome :p
 
MickeyD said:
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Whoaaaaa, son! You really need to brush up on your history.
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All they taught us at school was Boer war and other local wars in KZN so no idea what else happened I know more of Israels history :p.
 
As far as I know we were big players, especially in WWII. Our presence in Namibia kept the German's off major trade routes, limiting them with supplies. They also tried to smuggle fake British currency through Namibia to destabilize the UK economy. We stopped that shit too.
 
ClockworkNinja said:
As far as I know we were big players, especially in WWII. Our presence in Namibia kept the German's off major trade routes, limiting them with supplies. They also tried to smuggle fake British currency through Namibia to destabilize the UK economy. We stopped that shit too.
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I know about the Namibia thing but didn't think it was connected to the WWII
 
Ichigo said:
I know about the Namibia thing but didn't think it was connected to the WWII
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That's why I started with "As far as I know".

As far as you know, I know nothing. Don't listen to me, I'm an idiot on a good day. Anyway, if its not WWII related, I would actually like to know when. It's very interesting.

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Found this on the internet.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Bernhard

The internet wouldn't lie to me, would it?
 
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