> From: "Bob W" <p...@web-options.com> > this whole thing feels to me like a deliberately storm-provoking opening > move. They will came back soom with something else that's only slightly less > outrageous, and everyone will breathe a sigh of relief because it's not as > bad as it could have been, and 'we have listened to our customers'. They > will then bit by bit start nibbling away at it until they've got what they > wanted in the first place. > > It's a very common ploy used by politicians, property developers and other > greasy bastards. A couple of years ago there was a plan put forward here to > build some collosal tower blocks at the end of the street, right by the > river, spoiling a world famous view. Of course there was a storm of protest; > the developers 'listened to local residents', and got permission to build > stuff that would probably have been rejected if they had proposed it first > time round. A few months ago, building halted 'due to the downturn', but has > recently been restarted but they have proposed a change to the plans which > almost reinstates what they originally asked to do. > > It becomes a war of attrition as these greedy bastards do their damndest to > fuck the ordinary people every which way in pursuit of their filthy lucre. > > 'Monetize'. Whoever thought that one up should be buried up to his chin in > concrete and his mouth used as a public toilet. At 20p a time, to monetize > it. > > B
LOL Bob. Unfortunately. You may very well be right. Just look at the 'rights' we implicitly have waved by using the internet, smart phones, and GPS, It's a gradual slide into having no or little individual rights. Not that we have something to hide... but the fact that governments.ultimately license, permit, and demand access to what a normal citizen would consider personal information... off on a tangent I know... common thread being those with the power to do so, will tend to take advantage when the opportunity arises. Reminds me of sci-fi stories where a person is tried and and convicted by a computerized court. Tom C. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
