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    Default Re: Do You, or Have You Ever, Lived in the United States? Then You Are a Filthy Crimi

    Why is this a question of small government vs. big government, when it should be a question of good government vs. bad government?
    Still maintain that crying on the pitch should warrant a 3 match ban

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    Quote Originally Posted by HoreTore View Post
    Why is this a question of small government vs. big government, when it should be a question of good government vs. bad government?
    Because it is impossible to define "good" government, and naive to extreme to even try. Italy has the still-all-powerful Mafia; Eastern European countries the corruption in ever place, nook, and cranny; US the all-powerful lobbies, which makes US legislature not a matter of whether it works, but how many and which lobbies it pleases, and which it does not. As someone here before stated, a mod I believe, "different cheeks, same ********".
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    Quote Originally Posted by HoreTore View Post
    Why is this a question of small government vs. big government, when it should be a question of good government vs. bad government?
    Because big government is bad government. That's the whole point.

    The bigger the government is - the more aspects it regulates by making laws against whatever it wants, the worse it becomes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Crazed Rabbit View Post
    Because big government is bad government. That's the whole point.

    The bigger the government is - the more aspects it regulates by making laws against whatever it wants, the worse it becomes.

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    Scandinavia calls your bluff.

    Still maintain that crying on the pitch should warrant a 3 match ban

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    Quote Originally Posted by HoreTore View Post
    Scandinavia calls your bluff.

    East Germany calls yours.
    Last edited by Vladimir; 07-28-2009 at 23:10.


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