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Originally posted by usa4eva
I think what you didnt catch on is when i said developed world,
indian and chinese woman would have more of a reason to commit suicide than a woman in finland.
then again weigh the size of the netherlands as a country compared to the USA and how much people there are in both countries.
in ratio, the netherlands due to there legalization of Cannabis, has a much higher rate of depression, and there obvious sex trade is far more 'liberising' than in the US.
so yeah, ill pull some webpages to prove it later... , but its a well known fact that northern europe has a higher suicide rate than any where else in the Developed world...
... due to the darkness, the cold e.t.c
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But that isn't true. Lithuania isn't particularly developed either. The uk has a lower suicide rate than the US (check the link I posted). In fact, most areas of nothern europe, the differance in suicide rates when compared to the US is too marginal to be significant.
Also, on the 'higher rate of depression' I'd really need to see some evidence. I'd also like to know how any statistics can ever measure depression. For a start, they only ask small sample groups- not the whole population and people don't always tell the truth on surveys and there can be many things which bias the results. It's easy to misinterpret them.
Also, I believe that the netherlands liberal attitudes to drugs and prostitution actually help to reduce the problems they cause and make them easier to control and manage unlike the US.
Finally... suicide rates aren't everything. The US has the worlds highest homocide rate of any developed country. Several orders higher than most other countries in fact, even including other countries where guns are legal such as canada. Doesn't make me feel that great about living in the US...