Steve Asher wrote to Rene Laederach:

SA> They've switched from forest extinction to shortage of water, so they
SA> need to impose additional feel-good, do-nothing levies on water
SA> "consumers" to make us respect it & use it wisely,
while simultaneously
SA> selling water "rights" to the supposedly lacking supply of water.

Here, sales of public utilities is not an option. Selling anything where the
state has a stake of more than 50% or where wewould sell the majority of the
votes would need a popular votation.

Probably not so in the land of Oz, though.

SA> Unfortunately, globalisation doesn't respect people or their political
SA> views. If the right-wing Americans try to do anything effective about
SA> it, they might just end up charged with violating the "PATRIOT" or
SA> "VICTORY" act, and disappear into the prison system.

60 years ago, other people ended up in concentration camps. While I think 
that
some real criminals belong there, it's purely for crimes like rape or murder.

We'll see how it turns out. If enough cops and soldiers get killed over
enforcing such laws, things might change. 

SA> Oops - "correctional services" system.

Ein Umerziehungslager fuer Reaktionaere, ja?

(see www.a-human-right.com for some more explanation about the subject and 
the
sentence....)
 


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