# See-through Finland **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 29, 2002, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-through-finland/126069 "2002-08-29T11:00:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![therealblaze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9adbd/32.png) [@therealblaze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/therealblaze)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2002, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-through-finland/126069/1 "2002-08-29T11:00:33Z")
You see Finland is perceived to be the least corrupted country if the whole world. [Look](http://www.transparency.org/cpi/2002/cpi2002.en.html) here. Well I have to say that was money well spent…oops…I never said that, right? ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2002, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-through-finland/126069/2 "2002-08-29T11:03:11Z")
Those other countries must be _really_ bad if Ireland is only no. 23… ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2002, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-through-finland/126069/3 "2002-08-29T11:13:00Z")
Luxemburg outranks the Netherlands? Yeah, sure. Corruption _perception_ indeed. ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2002, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-through-finland/126069/4 "2002-08-29T11:16:36Z")
well, it is the country where I’d quite like to be. ---
**Author:** ![Tansu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@Tansu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tansu)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2002, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-through-finland/126069/5 "2002-08-29T11:20:13Z")
Mmmm, Finns… ---
**Author:** ![Kantalooppi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a5b964/32.png) [@Kantalooppi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kantalooppi)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2002, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-through-finland/126069/6 "2002-08-29T14:50:55Z")
Hooray for my country! ---
**Author:** ![Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soul_brother_number_two/32/3515_2.png) [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2002, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-through-finland/126069/7 "2002-08-29T16:03:43Z")
…eating breakfast or dinner, or snack lunch in the hall… ---
**Author:** ![Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soul_brother_number_two/32/3515_2.png) [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2002, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-through-finland/126069/8 "2002-08-29T16:10:31Z")
…eating breakfast or dinner, or snack lunch in the hall… ---
**Author:** ![dorkusmalorkusmafia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorkusmalorkusmafia/32/7266_2.png) [@dorkusmalorkusmafia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorkusmalorkusmafia)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2002, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-through-finland/126069/9 "2002-08-29T16:40:57Z")
The really sad thing is that Hong Kong is considered less corrupt than the United States. If movies are any judge (LOL yeah right) then Hong Kong would be among the most corrupt city in the entire world. ---
**Author:** ![auRa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@auRa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auRa)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2002, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-through-finland/126069/10 "2002-08-29T16:53:36Z")
Whopee. Go us. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![brachyrhynchos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brachyrhynchos/32/376_2.png) [@brachyrhynchos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brachyrhynchos)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2002, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-through-finland/126069/11 "2002-08-29T16:56:06Z")
…Your mountains so lofty, your treetops so tall…