>And if *somebody* wishes to compare to other countries, which I did not, *they* might wanna include "other major industrial nations" in the comparison too. Otherwise *they* could end up with a "bad statistic". But that's just my "logic" FWIW. :-)
When did I exclude any country from the comparison?
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