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louis c Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-06-10 08:08 PM
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(Q) What would we be if we had no government and no regulations?


(A). Haiti
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HeresyLives Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-06-10 08:10 PM
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1. (B) Somalia
Edited on Sat Mar-06-10 08:11 PM by HeresyLives
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louis c Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-06-10 08:12 PM
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2. That's good
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Mz Pip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-06-10 08:13 PM
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3. Anarchy
and not of the benevolent kind.
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lob1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-06-10 08:14 PM
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4. The US under Bush.
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Mz Pip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-06-10 08:22 PM
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7. Oh, we had a government under Bush
We still had courts, libraries, roads, schools, parks, police and firemen. On an international level his policies sucked, but we still had a civilized society. We got to disagree and no one shot us. We weren't rounded up and sent to camps by roving private militia.

We didn't like what he did but we did have the opportunity to organize and vote.
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Turbineguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-06-10 08:16 PM
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5. A republican paradise.
Rapists would be in charge of Battered Womens Shelters.

Pedophiles would run Children's daycare centers.

Muggers would work in Retirement homes.

And we would call that "Freedom".

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TheCowsCameHome Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-06-10 08:21 PM
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6. Teabaggerland
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MadMaddie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-06-10 08:29 PM
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8. The Handmaids Tale - A fanatical religious country
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LiberalFighter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-06-10 08:39 PM
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9. Blackwater totally unfettered
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tech9413 Donating Member (294 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-06-10 09:55 PM
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10. Not sure what your point is but Haiti doesn't exist in a vacuum
The status of Haiti is the result of hundreds of years of imperial forces keeping the people poor and uneducated. I know history isn't a big subject for many, but if you don't know the history it might be best to avoid posting some snarkey, useless comment.
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louis c Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-07-10 06:36 AM
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12. Here's my point
A lot of people are against politicians, as if you can have a democracy without them. If someone hates government, how are the countries doing without one. if some people think that religion, any religion, should dominate a government, then I point to Iran. There are examples of what happens when those opinions succeed in the world, and I try to point them out.
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leftstreet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-06-10 09:55 PM
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11. We'd all be politicians n/t
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ThomWV Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-07-10 08:20 AM
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13. South Carolina
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snot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-07-10 08:45 AM
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14. Amoebas.
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BrotherLove Donating Member (68 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-07-10 08:48 AM
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15. At War with ourselves
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n2doc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-07-10 09:22 AM
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16. There would be a "government" and "regulations"
Basically a king or warlord who rules by edict. There are always those who want to tell others what to do and how to do it. Question would be who would end up with the power.
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Orsino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-07-10 09:25 AM
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17. (A) The subjects of someone *else's* government. n/t
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ThoughtCriminal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-07-10 12:23 PM
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18. Lord of the Fliesistan
aka Galt's Gulch
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Kablooie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-07-10 03:40 PM
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19. Olduvai Gorge
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omega minimo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-07-10 03:43 PM
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20. Corporations!!!
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LostInAnomie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-07-10 03:44 PM
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21. Taken over by some other country in short order.
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