Re: pptp-based vpn
David Wright writes:
> Indeed. But in Britain, the term is politically overloaded, a
> touchstone of all that is bad (for a large proportion of the
> population). No headline writer would dream of writing Head Tax when
> they can scream Poll Tax. Poll tax is the idiomatic expression, that's
> all.
In the USA as well. Until poll taxes as a precondition for voting were
ruled unconstitutional in the 1960s they were used in some Southern
states to discourage blacks (and poor whites) from voting.
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John Hasler
jhasler@newsguy.com
Elmwood, WI USA
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