[pp.int.general] Big Brother in NL?

Mikko Särelä msarela at cc.hut.fi
Tue Nov 17 09:05:49 CET 2009


On Tue, 17 Nov 2009, Christian Hufgard wrote:
> Richard Stallman wrote:
> > Kilometer taxation eliminates these anomalies, so that the minivan and 
> > the small hybrid car pay the same amount.  After all, why penalize 
> > people for burning petroleum?
> 
> Because it is a rare resource and burning it pollutes the climate.

Ahh, sarcasm - such a difficult art to pull off in the Internet.

-- 
Mikko Särelä
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curse", Jonathan Sacks, Chief Rabbi of Great Britain





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