Re: Pumping Gas in Oregon (WAS: Re: Osama Bin Laden Take Over List!)

[Katipo <Katipo@westnet.com.au>]

Steve Lamb wrote:

>Katipo wrote:
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>>Steve Lamb wrote:
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>>>   Yes, because Government has nothing better to do than fritter it's
>>>citizens money on something that probably nets them no gain.  Sorry, that's a
>>>huge negative in my book.
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>>That would seem to be somewhat inconsistent, coming from somebody that
>>supposedly endorses open concepts?
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>    No, it isn't.  I do not believe in open concepts when they are provided by
>the coercive force of government.
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Perhaps your experience of government is, but Brazillian government
doesn't answer to the description of coercive.
Some of their ministers, like Minister for Culture, Alberto Gil, for
example.
Take a look at this example of a modern, South-American Coup leader,
before the mainstream media (they call it that because it's so shallow)
adles your mental vestiges even more than it has.

http://technology.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,16559,1592359,00.html

>  Debian and the many software projects it
>encompasses is pretty much a VOLUNTEER effort that is FREELY given away.  One
>rarely volunteer's for taxation and freely gives said money away.
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They're not giving away money.
They simply don't have it to give away.
There are good reasons for this, and they lurk not far from where you
live, but I don't want to extend the list's quotient of OT discussion
any more than it already is.

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>>>   I don't see an N on the end of my name, El Kaputicano.
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>>Just because I speak up, with regard to preserving an open viewpoint,
>>doesn't make me South American.
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>    Never said you were.  I can clearly see the .au at the end of your
>address.  However your name, Kapito, reminded me of "Kaput" and I tacked on
>icano and el for flavor to drive my point home.
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Perhaps you're dislexic.
Regards,

And dream I do... (Noted).