tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34249799.post9075159911885037985..comments2024-03-28T17:03:22.102+13:00Comments on AmeriNZ Blog: New Zealand is still least corruptArthur Schenckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10568299067544221996noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34249799.post-4023064093396758252010-10-29T13:21:23.279+13:002010-10-29T13:21:23.279+13:00Since moving here, I have held the opinion that cr...Since moving here, I have held the opinion that crime of any sort is low because there are no places to hide and everybody knows everybody.betty-NZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03950300478215339641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34249799.post-42919277914546941802010-10-28T06:36:23.174+13:002010-10-28T06:36:23.174+13:00"The influence of money in politics" - w..."The influence of money in politics" - why, I'm shocked, you hear me? SHOCKED! I need the vapors.Roger Owen Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05298172138307632062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34249799.post-66095836689573754552010-10-28T02:06:12.777+13:002010-10-28T02:06:12.777+13:00Thanks for the link to the corruption index, I had...Thanks for the link to the corruption index, I had wanted to find out where the Philippines ranked for a while, given their recent history of dictatorship/financial scandals etc (the Philippines just interest me, is all). <br /><br />I'm not super surprised we're still up at the top here in NZ, we're a pretty secular nation and I'm inclined to the think corruption (in the Western world at least) is correlated with religiosity - it certainly seems that way from what we read about the States sometimes (Note that I said correlated, not that one causes the other). But then I guess the UK is pretty secular these days too, and they're hardly better than the States on this index... so maybe I'm just talking out me a*se.liminalDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06621859737411962756noreply@blogger.com