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In the French countryside, the postman usually had an important role, often helping some of the population... Now, they are being sanctioned for doing such a thing.

Une enquête interne a été ouverte par La Poste à la suite de l'initiative d'un facteur creusois, qui avait rendu des services à des personnes isolées au cours de sa tournée en leur portant pain, cigarettes ou journaux.

An internal enquiry has been started by La Poste after the initiative of a Creuse postman, who helped some isolated people during his distribution round by bringing them bread, cigarettes or newspapers

The quest for productivity and efficiency as only measurements of "good" is killing our society by suppressing the leeway which allows social relationship. It's time to think again of the priorities of our societies.

Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères

by linca (antonin POINT lucas AROBASE gmail.com) on Fri Mar 23rd, 2007 at 05:35:10 AM EST
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Gah. This is EXACTLY what is wrong with neoliberalism. Money before people.

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Fri Mar 23rd, 2007 at 05:40:29 AM EST
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in a nutshell...

'The history of public debt is full of irony. It rarely follows our ideas of order and justice.' Thomas Piketty
by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Sat Mar 24th, 2007 at 02:37:40 AM EST
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