Charitable Giving Ranking: Japan is 105th

[Catoneinutica]

World Giving Index 2011: "This is the second edition of the 'World Giving Index', the largest study into charitable behaviour across the globe involving 153 countries in total. Using data from Gallup's Worldview World Poll, the report is based on three measures of giving behaviour - giving money, volunteering time and helping a stranger. The results show that the USA is officially the most charitable nation in the world."



I took a screen shot from the PDF-file link below. The "Anglosphere" does very well indeed, though it looks like the 'Nucks are the cheapest. The Netherlanders do pretty well, too. Japan is its usual foetid, squalid pile of fail at 105th, behind Korea and Taiwan, countries that until recently were much poorer than Japan, and still have lower per-capita GDPs.

https://www.cafonline.org/publications/2011-publications/world-giving-index-2011.aspx

Mods: could you help a brotha out and correct the thread title?

[IparryU]

I took a screen shot from the PDF-file link below. The "Anglosphere" does very well indeed, though it looks like the 'Nucks are the cheapest. The Netherlanders do pretty well, too. Japan is its usual foetid, squalid pile of fail at 80th, behind Korea and Taiwan, countries that until recently were much poorer than Japan, and still have lower per-capita GDPs.

looks like 105 to me...

[GomiGirl]

Is this reflective of personal contributions or does it include govt aid?

[Catoneinutica]

looks like 105 to me...

D'oh! Eighty was France - I had Coligny on my mind (as I often do)!

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

This kinda reminds me of the Cold War-era mega-sized, U.S.-made prophylactics distributed as size "S."

[gaijinpunch]

Is this "news"? It's always been low in terms of % of GDP. For more LOLz, look at how many asylum visas they grant.

[Coligny]

D'oh! Eighty was France - I had Coligny on my mind (as I often do)!

And wuz you hooony too ?

that could be an idea for a new film...

"interacial homoerotic cybasex storyz" Don't even need filming crew... just 2 webcamz...

[james]

though it looks like the 'Nucks are the cheapest.

well, in our defence, we did give the world nickelback and celine dion. that's gotta count for something, right?

[IparryU]

well, in our defence, we did give the world nickelback and celine dion. that's gotta count for something, right?

Jim Carrey, John Candy, Pamela Anderson, Georges St-Pierre, Pamela Anderson... a wide range of SNL and Mad TV cast...

Canada didn't do such a bad job people wise... i guess.

[Coligny]

You forgot Pamela Anderson...

[james]

You forgot Pamela Anderson...

now *that* is what i call the spirit of giving

[IparryU]

You forgot Pamela Anderson...

ohh yes... Palmela Handerson....

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

Jim Carrey, John Candy, Pamela Anderson, Georges St-Pierre, Pamela Anderson... a wide range of SNL and Mad TV cast...

Canada didn't do such a bad job people wise... i guess.

Showing my age, but I always had a bit of a hard spot for Margaret Trudeau...half her global statesman husband's age, gang-bangs with the Stones during sex, drug and rock-n-roll orgies in pre-AIDS days, and low-cut, bra-less dresses do much to make me respect a woman's intelligence.

Oh, and wasn't the gay airline host who became Patient X in spreading AIDS through North America also a Canadian?

Wayne Gretsky was pretty cool, too...the Don Bradman of ice hockey...

And, it's hard to fault a cuntry whose national animal is beaver...

[Coligny]

I'm pretty sure i got a picture of her going commando in some club...

edit: GRINGO !!! just here

http://www.allstarpics.net/0002035/010339321/margaret-trudeau-pic.html

[Catoneinutica]

now *that* is what i call the spirit of giving

The hep C, you mean?

Other great Nuxian exports:

Dorothy Stratten
Mordechai Richler
William Gibson
"Trailer Park Boys" (funniest comedy series of the "oughties")
"My Bloody Valentine" (original Canadian version of 1981): "It happened once, it happened twice - cancel the dance or it'll happen thrice!" Only a Canadian slasher would use the word "thrice"!

[Coligny]

Also:

[kagemusha]

Neil Young - no need to elaborate
Alanis Morissette - the first album - the rest is a pile of modern hippie crap
Cowboy junkies - quite original
Feist - for her appearance on Elmo's best

[Greji]

Wayne Gretsky was pretty cool, too...the Don Bradman of ice hockey...

And, it's hard to fault a cuntry whose national animal is beaver...

Speaking of that, and hockey as well, a quick shout out to Chicago.....

[Samurai_Jerk]

Neil Young - no need to elaborate

That's something to be proud of?

[kagemusha]

That's something to be proud of?

I was about to write a witty answer with references to AKB39278 and the hobbit Biber but I'll make it short - It sure is!

[Catoneinutica]

Neil Young - no need to elaborate

Rust never sleeps - but Canadian wallets do...

-catone
-well, compared with the other great Engrish-teacher exporting nations

[damn name]

That's something to be proud of?

Neil Young is principled, wealthy and talented, not smart like you...

[Samurai_Jerk]

I'll admit, Neil Young had one good performance.

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[Catoneinutica]

What's amusing is how countries like France, Japan, and Germany, which are always posturing about capitalism was foisted on them by those coldblooded Americans and Brits, and how their economies are softer, more egalitarian, more communal, more ecologically sound, more in tune with the blood and soil of their national patrimony, are the biggest bloody skints when it comes to charity. "No goddamn blind African kid is getting my hard-earned Euros/yen! Fuck those losers!"

[Coligny]

What's amusing is how countries like France, Japan, and Germany, which are always posturing about capitalism was foisted on them by those coldblooded Americans and Brits, and how their economies are softer, more egalitarian, more communal, more ecologically sound, more in tune with the blood and soil of their national patrimony, are the biggest bloody skints when it comes to charity. "No goddamn blind African kid is getting my hard-earned Euros/yen! Fuck those losers!"

Charite bien ordonnee commence par soi meme.

And we don't have enough aircraft carriers to bomb the shit... sorry... be indefinately charitable everywhere...

[Catoneinutica]

Charite bien ordonnee commence par soi meme.

Ah, the true ruthless capitalist emerges from behind the baguette! How utterly Adam Smith-ian! And precisely what the Japanese say (except they say it in, like, nihongo). I'm not helpin' no goddamn strangers]And we don't have enough aircraft carriers to bomb the shit... sorry... be indefinately charitable everywhere...[/QUOTE]

Oh, don't sell yourselves short: you do quite well at engineering genocides in Africa. But as far as helping the living, well, charite bien ordonnee commence par soi meme.

[Greji]

And we don't have enough aircraft carriers to bomb the shit... sorry... be indefinately charitable everywhere...

Sure you do. You just have to stop your military from always surrendering before they start their attack.....

[Mike Oxlong]

We could always examine the reverse...

http://www.mofa.go.jp/announce/announce/2011/4/0421_01.html

In response to the Great East Japan Earthquake, the Government of the Republic of Congo announced that it will donate 500,000 US dollars (approximately 40 million yen) as relief money for Japan...

IIUC, they have the lowest GDP per capita in Africa.

[Coligny]

Pissing away money or food in africa only serve to make the fat cats fatter. The only effective optipn would be to re-colonise behead anybody even remotely looking like an official set up a temporary governement and whej the economy is back on track and feeding everybody try to think aboot how to get the fook out without shit hitting back the fan again... But neo colonialism is extreeemly badly perceived by the same psychotic bibul thumper who enjoy so much the game of holier than thou "look at me giving aid, why don't you do the same as me to be as perfect as me, you communist nazi kapitalist antisemite"

Send money: they buy weapons
Send food: they hoard and its black market land
Do nothing:OMG egoists...

Mitterand had a good policy... as long as French interest of French long time allies and friend nation(*) are not in danger no French Soldier shall be send to fight(**).

(*)usually that means Russian, Serbs... these kind of really old alliances
(**)without UN mandate

[Catoneinutica]

Ahh, the ol' cheapskate excuse: sheeit, I ain't supportin' no foreign-aid-NPO-empire-building-getting-the-natives-hooked-on-aid-and-greasing-the-palms-of-the-local-bigboys bullshit. Great, don't donate to, say, UNICEF. In fact, don't donate to any NPO whose administrative burden is over 25%. That's just due diligence. But it leaves a lot of very good charities.

-catone

-don't worry about it. Your Pearls of Coligny are the greatest gift of all to a pauvre FG. Give 'til it hurts, C. Then fight through the pain and give some more. God bless you, man!