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... problem. People creating massive inconvenience for consumers are hard to create and maintain sympathy for, and easy to demonise ... just ask strikers with a legitimate grievance that have been successfully demonised over the years.

Well, these are people who are already getting a partial free ride asking for a total free ride just because large sections of their industry are in the process of going obsolete.

"This demonstrates how critical it is to create an integrated EU freight rail system that is able to deliver essential food and material across the European Union, so that we can no longer be held to ransom by truckers demanding a free ride, leaving everyone else in society to pay the bill for the damage they cause to the road, the air, and all the rest".


I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.

by BruceMcF (agila61 at netscape dot net) on Wed Jun 11th, 2008 at 10:29:58 AM EST
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[... problem. People creating massive inconvenience for consumers are hard to create and maintain sympathy for, and easy to demonise ... just ask strikers with a legitimate grievance that have been successfully demonised over the years.] Ravenna

So true... People already started complaining. What´s "funny" is that they´re complaining that´s there´s lack of certainn products in supermarkets that, so far, are lacking because people got crazy and alarmed and bought too much. For example, people buying cooking oil and conserves...

"If you don't want a man unhappy politically, don't give him two sides to a question to worry him; give him one. Better yet, give him none." (Fahrenheit 451)

by pereulok on Wed Jun 11th, 2008 at 11:35:05 AM EST
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