@crimkadid that's not all i'm interested in. i'm interested in social behaviors related to altruism, including "clannishness." @JayMan471
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Replying to @hbdchick
@hbdchick@JayMan471 On what measure of clannishness will the Irish stand apart from their Hajnal neighbors?1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @crimkadid
@crimkadid i've already said: membership in piigs club, patronage systems, machine politics. again, not so bad as say greece.@JayMan4711 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @hbdchick
@hbdchick@JayMan471 Machine politics in 19th century in New York don't seem like a fair way of judging Irish corruption today, which is low2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @crimkadid
@crimkadid also political patronage: https://www.google.ie/?gws_rd=cr,ssl&ei=Cj70VuOkCYbWO9zzi4AB#q=ireland+politics+patronage …@JayMan4711 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @hbdchick
@hbdchick@JayMan471 That Google search reveals four news stories about patronage, none of which are outrageous2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @crimkadid
@hbdchick@JayMan471 CPI and all other reliable sources I can find all suggest that Ireland is not all that corrupt.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @crimkadid
@crimkadid CPI is way too noisy for that sort of fine comparison.@hbdchick1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @JayMan471
@JayMan471@hbdchick You feel you have enough strong evidence in favor of high Irish corruption to overrule their judgement?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @crimkadid
@crimkadid Do you understand what noise means in this context?@hbdchick1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@JayMan471 @hbdchick I figure I do. But it remains to be demonstrated that this noise is affecting Ireland's ranking moreso than others
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