Country of shit, politics of whit, corruption etc. - Serious thread

[V.V.V.V.V.]

Amen!

 

[SentinelSlain]

haha like other animals we have a 'way of living'. communities of 90 people were the thing!

I didn't literally mean designed. I'm agnostic.

 

[cookiecutter]

I know you don't mean literally, but I also doubt there is some ideal community size.

 

[Belligerent]

Illinois apparently only has the 29th highest total crime rate of all states...

DC is the worst (obviously) but Arizona is second.

Proof?

 

[Matt]

St. Louis has one of the worst crime rates

 

[Ender Rises]

http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/tables/08s0302.pdf

St. Louis is actually first, according to this, and while Chicago isn't completely tallied, the rates they do have look pretty average.

 

[Belligerent]

Eh. Those stats are always depressing.

 

[Matt]

Damn St. Louis blows everyone out of the water. I'm glad I live outside of it

 

[Ender Rises]

Makes me want to move to somewhere like San Antonio. Much less crime there than in Dallas. Didn't see Fort Worth on that .pdf

EDIT: Detroit isn't far behind St. Louis.

DOUBLE EDIT: Just found Funkytown (that is seriously what the high-schoolers here call it.) It isn't bad at all.

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

Proof?

...the fucking Internet.

 

[Belligerent]

Just too lazy to look it up.

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

Then don't complain

 

[Ender Rises]

 

[Satanstoenail]

As for Indonesia, one look at the people is enough to wonder why one would want to live here.

How long did you spend there? Has it occurred to you that you are possibly viewing the place through rose-coloured glasses? You saw children playing together & laughing, so that somehow means that children here are unhappy? Have you stopped to consider all the military and sectarian violence there? And do you think there's no corruption over there?

I by no means think Australia and western capitalism is perfect, but also don't believe in some fairytale land where everyone is happy all the time because they aren't into material items. Australia is a great place to live, and I feel lucky to have been born here (no patriotic wankerism intended).

 

[cookiecutter]

Good post

 

[Hubster]

No.

How long did you spend there? Has it occurred to you that you are possibly viewing the place through rose-coloured glasses? You saw children playing together & laughing, so that somehow means that children here are unhappy? Have you stopped to consider all the military and sectarian violence there? And do you think there's no corruption over there?

I by no means think Australia and western capitalism is perfect, but also don't believe in some fairytale land where everyone is happy all the time because they aren't into material items. Australia is a great place to live, and I feel lucky to have been born here (no patriotic wankerism intended).

Well, gee, no. I had NO clue there was corruption there, none at all! And of course, no, I didn't consider ANY violence at all, no... hmm. So peaceful and flowery!!! It's quite utopian!

Where on earth did you come up with this nonsense? Where did I mention that children here are unhappy? You made THAT one up yourself, evidently misunderstanding what I've posted. I saw plenty of dirt roads, decrepit villages, and struggling locals actually, among many other things.

Continue with your idle stupidity, please.

 

[SentinelSlain]

you're in quite the stress

 

[rms]

No.



Well, gee, no. I had NO clue there was corruption there, none at all! And of course, no, I didn't consider ANY violence at all, no... hmm. So peaceful and flowery!!! It's quite utopian!

Where on earth did you come up with this nonsense? Where did I mention that children here are unhappy? You made THAT one up yourself, evidently misunderstanding what I've posted. I saw plenty of dirt roads, decrepit villages, and struggling locals actually, among many other things.

Continue with your idle stupidity, please.

You said you never see children that happy in western society, and why are you coming off as such a douchebag? And when you seriously wrote ur <3 Indonesian post, I didn't notice 1 negative, all positive that it has no wrong, I only didnt say anytihng because I dont know jack shit about Indonesia.

 

[Valerie]

No.



Well, gee, no. I had NO clue there was corruption there, none at all! And of course, no, I didn't consider ANY violence at all, no... hmm. So peaceful and flowery!!! It's quite utopian!

Where on earth did you come up with this nonsense? Where did I mention that children here are unhappy? You made THAT one up yourself, evidently misunderstanding what I've posted. I saw plenty of dirt roads, decrepit villages, and struggling locals actually, among many other things.

Continue with your idle stupidity, please.

Way to be a fucking asshole. Satanstoenail was just being calm and asking questions, and you bight his head off? And you get upset when people call you a douchebag

 

[Ender Rises]

Going back to his original point about Indonesia (in which he does mention the fact that they aren't perfect... it's all in the context guys.) and how it seems so much better when it comes to mental health and general wellbeing because they don't have a strong sense of materialism, I would just like to point out that nobody in the modern western world would be willing to throw capitalism away. It just isn't going to happen. I think it would be a better idea to focus on what causes the greed and disconnection rather than throw capitalism out the window. I think there is a specific cause for that illness, and that throwing out capitalism as a whole is rather like killing the patient to cure the disease.

Also: Quit with the ad hominem, Hub.