On 31/01/2017 1:16 PM, David Lochrin wrote:
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Wasn't it said of the Bourbons that "they never learned and never forgot"?
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We shouldn't be too harsh. They're Conservatives. They're cr@p because
they're scared and confused. <http://david.boxall.id.au/201611/#fear>
Reality is just too complicated.
But they're still cr@p. Australia can't afford to keep pandering to
their inadequacies.
The telecommunications network can pay for itself. It could do more than
that but should be run to balance, for the good of the nation, not for
profit. Even if the network wasn't zero-cost, it's value would make the
investment worthwhile.
What scares the Conservatives sh!tless is the thought that we need to
invest before the cost/benefit equation comes into balance. We're
dealing with harm done by decades of creeping commercialisation,
culminating in privatisation. Australia can't afford to wait decades for
the repair job. We can't afford to wait for the wimps.
--
David Boxall | Dogs look up to us
| And cats look down on us
http://david.boxall.id.au | But pigs treat us as equals
--Winston Churchill
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