Is government all that bad?

[forsmant]

Most of the time

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o163/aliraqi/February2009/world%20pix/24-2/electrical_1349811i.jpgan african utility pole

http://image63.webshots.com/163/4/10/83/2428410830081853854wwkybO_ph.jpg bolivias road of death

http://www.dailycognition.com/content/image/9/bolivia-roads_11.jpgA bolivian utility area?

http://www.zimeye.org/wp-content/live_images/2009/03/chirundu_road7.jpgafrican roads

http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/01/china_468x312.jpgchinese roads

http://blog.thestar.com.my/photos/2006/4/9/ctlilian2561_1.JPGveitnam

http://www.hickerphoto.com/data/media/170/fish_market_seattle_t0320.jpg seattle

http://travelpod.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/1-1247554120-fish-market.jpgkorean

http://www.globalenvision.org/files/2550699761_680e98e5c0.jpgbrazil

[forsmant]

http://images.world66.com/sl/um/_q/slum_quarter_in_th_1_galleryfull

http://www.apsu.edu/oconnort/images/ghetto.jpgchicago ghetto

http://i37.tinypic.com/9lbec6.jpgserbia

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1123/636537408_2d9feb6af0_o.jpgDharavi - Asia's largest slum. Has lots (and lots) of people.
http://i35.tinypic.com/wgrtxw.jpgcamden new jersey

http://bp3.blogger.com/_hrB62vkZn0U/Rk5O7IkzqCI/AAAAAAAAASM/7QJwA7AGjA8/s400/karen+millington+001.jpgRocinha favela

[forsmant]

http://bespokecashmere.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/slums-3.jpgindia

http://static.guim.co.uk/Guardian/society/gallery/2008/jun/11/internationalaidanddevelopment/tinhomes4-2658.jpghaiti

[CCTelander]

Yes.

[eOs]

perspective. i just got some

[Thesemindz]

the game.

you just lost it.


-Rob

[FindLiberty]

Is government all that bad?

yes!

And, all the places in those photos have gubermints too...

[Reason]

general label terms = fail

"the government"

"all that bad"

dumb.

[eOs]

the game.

you just lost it.


-Rob


lol so bitter

[lynnf]

is it bad? after this, you have to ask?

http://yasminsplace.blogs.com/photos/cambodia/cambodia_010.jpg



http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/01/0110_030110_tvcambodia.html

The sight of 8,000 human skulls in a glass shrine stuns visitors into silence.

....

1.7 Million Cambodians Dead

The killing fields document death. From 1975 to 1979, Pol Pot and his Khmer Rouge soldiers killed 1.7 million Cambodians, or 21 percent of the population, according to Yale University's Cambodia Genocide Program.

...


THEN, how ironic, more government!

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/01/0110_030110_tvcambodia.html

Victims' Shrine Made of Skulls Is Dismantled By Cambodia

Skull by human skull, Cambodian officials today dismantled a memorial to the atrocities committed by the former Khmer Rouge government

...

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lynn

[forsmant]

all of those places have a weak central government and a lack of consistent enforcement of rules. Here in America we have a strong central government and well more consistent enforcement of rules.

Certainly all forms of government have committed atrocities to mankind but ours has allowed more people to prosper than ever before in history. There must be a line drawn on how much government is good and what areas need governed. But a complete lack of oversight allows chaos to breed, a wonderfully enchanting chaos, but a chaos most here in the United States would not want to be a part.

But it is ok for you to ignore the facts and flame me because this goes against what this site promotes.

[BenIsForRon]

I see government, when implemented property, as a way society can protect the individual from the harm of other individuals. This is why environmental regulation is necessary, in many instances two parties doing business with each other will not care about the interests of a third, uninvolved party.

[gls]

all of those places have a weak central government and a lack of consistent enforcement of rules. Here in America we have a strong central government and well more consistent enforcement of rules.

Certainly all forms of government have committed atrocities to mankind but ours has allowed more people to prosper than ever before in history. There must be a line drawn on how much government is good and what areas need governed. But a complete lack of oversight allows chaos to breed, a wonderfully enchanting chaos, but a chaos most here in the United States would not want to be a part.

But it is ok for you to ignore the facts and flame me because this goes against what this site promotes.

Yeah thank God for the "strong central government" we have in the U.S., because before we had bureaucrats in Washington to micromanage every aspect of our economy and our lives there was "chaos". :rolleyes:

[BenIsForRon]

gls has a point, I don't think we need the federal government to protect us from ignorant littering neighbors, local and state governments can do that just fine.

[brandon]

all of those places have a weak central government and a lack of consistent enforcement of rules. Here in America we have a strong central government and well more consistent enforcement of rules.

Certainly all forms of government have committed atrocities to mankind but ours has allowed more people to prosper than ever before in history. There must be a line drawn on how much government is good and what areas need governed. But a complete lack of oversight allows chaos to breed, a wonderfully enchanting chaos, but a chaos most here in the United States would not want to be a part.

But it is ok for you to ignore the facts and flame me because this goes against what this site promotes.


A comparison simply cannot be made between these places. To truly make a comparison you would have to look at the thousands of years of history that has led to the current state of these various countries.

[denison]

Certainly all forms of government have committed atrocities to mankind but ours has allowed more people to prosper than ever before in history. There must be a line drawn on how much government is good and what areas need governed. But a complete lack of oversight allows chaos to breed, a wonderfully enchanting chaos, but a chaos most here in the United States would not want to be a part.

But it is ok for you to ignore the facts and flame me because this goes against what this site promotes.

Must of forgot about Detroit Slums:
http://images.google.com/images?sourceid=navclient&rlz=1T4GGLL_enUS322US322&q=detroit%20slums&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi

http://detroitiscrap.blogspot.com/?zx=ce70823203896f10

[denison]

A comparison simply cannot be made between these places. To truly make a comparison you would have to look at the thousands of years of history that has led to the current state of these various countries.

Detroit is good for comparison. It's a complete hellhole.

[BenIsForRon]

Denison, why the fuck did you link to that racist blog?

[forsmant]

detriot is caused by urban flight. those pictures i posted are people funneling i at an alarming rate

[forsmant]

Yeah thank God for the "strong central government" we have in the U.S., because before we had bureaucrats in Washington to micromanage every aspect of our economy and our lives there was "chaos". :rolleyes:

I agree with that. The local governments need to be strong and consistent. Many things that we are trying to do on a national level should be determined on a local level or not at all. I am just pointing out that those places have governments that are currupt and inconsistent, with inability to enforce laws consistently and well. It shows. Many of those countries began at the same time as america. Brazil and south american

[Acala]

all of those places have a weak central government and a lack of consistent enforcement of rules. Here in America we have a strong central government and well more consistent enforcement of rules.

Certainly all forms of government have committed atrocities to mankind but ours has allowed more people to prosper than ever before in history. There must be a line drawn on how much government is good and what areas need governed. But a complete lack of oversight allows chaos to breed, a wonderfully enchanting chaos, but a chaos most here in the United States would not want to be a part.

But it is ok for you to ignore the facts and flame me because this goes against what this site promotes.

Government did not make this country prosperous - freedom and a strong work ethic did.

This country had relatively small government at ALL levels for 130 years. And during that time we grew and prospered magnificently.