RE: Politics (was RE: BOFHs requiring license)

[Matthew Jones]

> > the pump" lobby respond by suggesting that the government 
> >drop tax. Why don't they ever have a go at BP or Shell?
> 
> You don't elect BP or Shell.

Well, precisely, they're companies, so you boycott them. Which is what I
thought that dump the pump was originally about; boycotting oil companies in
prrotest at their big markups (apparently). Somewhere along the way it
seemed (to me) to be hijacked by a large chunk of the countryside alliance.

The thing is, the petrol companies seem to be able to hike prices with
impunity. It's not just a matter of the protestors not boycotting them,
they're not even *criticised*. Shit, to hear some of these fuel protestors,
you'd not think that the oil companies play any part at all in setting the
price of fuel.

I have an irrational and unconfirmed theory that the right wing have decided
that they want a piece of this single-issue politics lark thankyou very
much, and now have a group who can whine and bitch about the government for
effects that are caused by someone else entirely.

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matt | I mean to make you move with my planet infallible