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 Manchu wrote:
It is better to be loved than to be feared.

But if you cannot be loved then you must be feared.

Or have people be indifferent. Better than fear for keeping you safe.

Well, we are a union. So we're halfway there, right?

 djones520 wrote:

 AlmightyWalrus wrote:

 Kelly502 wrote:
We not only cause fear we also annoy folk. Sit back and enjoy your tea, and be thankful your name isn't Fritz...

There was this one nation called the Soviet Union. You might recall hearing about it at some time...

I just came back into this thread...

Is that how silly it's gotten now. We're being compaired to the Soviet Union?

He's saying the Rooskies saved everyone from the Germans.

Clearly all of the respondents hate our freedom.

 Frazzled wrote:

 djones520 wrote:

 AlmightyWalrus wrote:

 Kelly502 wrote:
We not only cause fear we also annoy folk. Sit back and enjoy your tea, and be thankful your name isn't Fritz...

There was this one nation called the Soviet Union. You might recall hearing about it at some time...

I just came back into this thread...

Is that how silly it's gotten now. We're being compaired to the Soviet Union?

He's saying the Rooskies saved everyone from the Germans.

Ahhh, thanks for the clarification. I'll withdraw my silly comment.

 dogma wrote:

 easysauce wrote:
to the people complaining its off a RT site... its NOT... this is a GALLUP world wide poll,

Well no, its a WIN/GIA poll, an organization that is completely unaffiliated with Gallup Inc (though they were founded by the same person). In fact, Gallup Inc. sued Gallup International Association over its use of the Gallup name.

Looking at the provided methodology, i would argue that the survey should not be viewed as a single poll, but a collection of many polls. This is probably why aggregate data was not presented by WIN/GIA.

the GIA in win/gia stands for GALLUP international.. the word and brand of gallup is plastered all over it, http://www.wingia.com/en/who_we_are/about_us/

gallup international is all over that site, i welcome you to contact the person at the above link and argue with them that they, as gallup international, are not a respectable poller, and their name doesnt have "gallup" in it...

or is your complaint one of "you should have said warhammer 40k, just saying 40k is cutting off important bits".... OK then, its a gallup international poll... happy? such was stated in the OP already, you must have missed it.

Gallup, Inc., is a research-based, global performance-management consulting company. Founded by George Gallup in 1935, the company became famous for its public opinion polls, which were conducted in the United States and other countries. Gallup works with major businesses and organizations around the world.[1]

The Gallup International Association (GIA) is an association of polling organizations registered in Zurich, Switzerland. The Gallup International Association was founded in May 1947. Dr. George H. Gallup served as its first President, until his death in 1984.[1][2]

Gallup, Inc. and the Gallup International Association (GIA) are involved in a legal dispute over the use of the Gallup name.[3]


both are by the same guy, and both have very solid credentials, its a hugly respectable polling group, so put away your tin foil hat... its a perfectly respectable source,

take off your tinfoil, its too tight

 SilverMK2 wrote:

 Manchu wrote:
It is better to be loved than to be feared.

But if you cannot be loved then you must be feared.

Or have people be indifferent. Better than fear for keeping you safe.

Keeping safe is not our only or even most important goal.

I think it reached the point where I think few care about the threat to world peace the USA can pose.

Think of the entertainment value they provide instead.
Every action and inaction are always viewed as wrong by the world public.
They cannot win and statistically it is not possible for them to be as wrong as they are said to be in the world theatre.

Peace: a state in which there is no war or fighting

To be completely serious, really, do certain places deserve their version of "peace" usually at a hefty cost to human rights?

Fortunately it is now 2014 so the frightful threat of the USA is in the past.

 SilverMK2 wrote:
Or have people be indifferent. Better than fear for keeping you safe.

Pretty tough to be both significant and have people be indifferent towards you.

 easysauce wrote:

the GIA in win/gia stands for GALLUP international.. the word and brand of gallup is plastered all over it, http://www.wingia.com/en/who_we_are/about_us/

I know what the acronym stands for. I work in that industry, and personally know people who work for both WIN/GIA and Gallup Inc.; as well as people that work for members of WIN/GIA.

 easysauce wrote:

gallup international is all over that site, i welcome you to contact the person at the above link and argue with them that they, as gallup international, are not a respectable poller, and their name doesnt have "gallup" in it...

The point is that when you say "Gallup" most people in North America will think of Gallup Inc., which is not affiliated with WIN/GIA. And no, WIN/GIA is not as well respected as Gallup Inc. because it is not itself a polling organization, but an association of many polling organizations of varying quality.

Regarding this survey in particular: the methodology was not consistent from country to country, nor were exhaustive methodology sections provided for the polls conducted by individual WIN/GIA members. As such reaching a definitive conclusion on the basis of the presented information is wrong.