rye - victorian britian didn't have plague. it had cholera and typhoid. which were caused by poor sanitation and sewers. the government didn't want to do anything about it because it was interveering so alot of people crapped themselfs to death.

"Did victorian Britian have protection of individual rights - the premise of a free society (and a free economy)?" it did. though at the time women idnd't have the vote. progress in the mens voted ran parallel to the dropping of the laissez-faire system and the changes and foundations of the welfare state laid by the liberal party.

""We are TRYING to help where we can" except in niger, sudan, zimbabwe or any other country which by helping the people there wouldn't line more american pockets and pay more taxes.

Wow, thats not even worth commenting on." and why not?

"How about you worry about your country and we'll worry about ours" not until your country stops influencing mine.

"To do this we would have to break some treatie i am sure. On the same note i dont see you doing much for it...sides talking about it with free speech... OMG american virtue." it's also a european virtue as well. and no treaty had to be broken to aid niger when it asked for it at the un. or sudan.

"we just need to leave people alone. why do you think everyone hates us? because we stick our nose in everyone elses buisness. we need to just sit back and leave people to their work, whatever that is.

Yeah while people scream for help?" and we ingore them?