PURPOSES OF GOVERNMENT:DOES THE GOVERNMENT

WORK EFFECTIVELY TO SERVE ITS PEOPLE?UNIT ONE, EXPERIENCE ONE

WHAT DOES THIS SYMBOL MEAN?

• WHAT DOES THIS SYMBOL MEAN?

• HOW DOES THIS RELATE TO GOVERNMENT?

• WHAT WOULD SOCIETY BE LIKE IN THIS TYPE OF ENVIRONMENT?

• WHAT WOULD THE OPPOSITE OF THIS BE?

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchist_symbolism

HOW DOES THIS PICTURE RELATE TO ANARCHY?

• HOW DOES THIS PICTURE RELATE TO ANARCHY?

• WHAT MAY HAVE LED TO THIS?

• WHAT SHOULD THE GOVERNMENT DO IN SITUATIONS LIKE THIS?

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1_December_2013_Euromaidan_riots

BALTIMORE RIOT, 2015

• CONSIDER THE RIOTS THAT TOOK PLACE IN BALTIMORE IN 2015.

• WHAT LED TO THOSE EVENTS?

• HOW DOES THIS PICTURE REPRESENT ‘PURPOSES OF GOVERNMENT?’

• HOW DOES THIS RELATE TO THE CONCEPT OF ANARCHY?

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/times-insider/category/story-behind-the-story/?_r=0

BALTIMORE RIOT, 2015

• WHAT ROLE IS THE GOVERNMENT TAKING IN ORDER TO PREVENT ANARCHY?

• WHAT OPTIONS DO THEY HAVE?

• HOW DOES THIS PICTURE RELATE?

Source: http://abcnews.go.com/US/photos/baltimore-riots-1968-compares-2015-30730057/image-30731132

QUOTES FROM 2015 BALTIMORE RIOT

MAYOR STEPHANIE RAWLINGS-BLAKE

• "TOO MANY PEOPLE HAVE SPENT GENERATIONS BUILDING UP THIS CITY FOR IT TO BE DESTROYED BY THUGS WHO IN A VERY SENSELESS WAY ARE TRYING TO TEAR DOWN WHAT SO MANY HAVE FOUGHT FOR."

QUOTES FROM 2015 BALTIMORE RIOT

GOV. LARRY HOGAN

• "I STRONGLY CONDEMN THE ACTIONS OF THE OFFENDERS WHO ARE ENGAGED IN DIRECT ATTACKS AGAINST INNOCENT CIVILIANS, BUSINESSES AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PROTESTING AND VIOLENCE AND THOSE COMMITTING THESE ACTS WILL BE PROSECUTED UNDER THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW."

QUOTES FROM 2015 BALTIMORE RIOT

CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT JACK YOUNG

• "I AM ASKING ALL OF YOU OUT THERE LOOTING TO STOP IT. PLEASE STOP IT. IT'S HURTING THE CITY OF BALTIMORE IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE. WHEN YOU LOOT THE CVS STORE THAT MEANS THAT YOUR RELATIVES WHO WORK IN THOSE STORES CAN'T GO TO WORK, SO THEY CAN'T GET PAID. THERE'S A RIPPLE EFFECT. THIS HAS GONE FROM BEING A PROTEST TO RIOTING. THIS IS NOT THE PROTESTERS. THESE ARE PEOPLE RIOTING AND DESTROYING PROPERTY AND LOOTING. WE HAVE TO PUT AN END TO IT."

BALTIMORE MAYOR ON RIOTS: “WE WILL HAVE ORDER”

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNwta_PQ0Ik

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

• SHOULD INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS BE LIMITED IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN ORDER?

• WHAT OTHER PURPOSES DOES THE GOVERNMENT SERVE?

• DOES OUR GOVERNMENT WORK EFFECTIVELY IN ORDER TO MEET THESE PURPOSES?