From: Gene McAloon 

On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 17:04:56 +0100, Adam Flinton
 wrote:

>Gene McAloon wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 13:54:14 +0200, Phil Payne

wrote:
>>
>>
>>>>Nope. I am a power consumer & I reserve my right to
choose my power
>>>>producer on market principles as it helps make the power market more
>>>>efficient & produce the goods better for me. Those who
are wedded to a
>>>>given supplier through dogma are simply sad people who
can't be bothered
>>>>to think.
>>>
>>>Seen the latest?  You can now buy a domestic central heating boiler that
>>>generates power from natural gas at around a third the price of the
>>>national generators.
>>
>>
>> I believe Adam had in mind being a consumer of politics or even government,
>> couched in consumer jargon. We all supposedly love the consumer of goods and
>> therefore should admire the consumer of politics as well. Not a little
asinine
>> really in that there is nothing quite so fickle as the consumer.
>>
>
>Except a politician with an election to win.
>
>> No wonder the political parties concentrate on such people and consumer-type
>> advertising is so effective in hooking them. Sad.
>>
>
>It's reality. Get used to it.
>
>Adam

Sound much like Gary B. But then you two have much in common.

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