From: Adam Flinton 

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

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