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(...) Just for clarification (since there's no way to defend CA's policy): can a system be referred to as "deregulated" if regulations are removed; ie: reduced regulation = deregulation, or is it necessary for *all* regulation to be removed; ie: no (...) (23 years ago, 10-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Greg has done a good job of elaborating upon his original point, as well as clarifying his (self-admitted) imprecise wording. However, some here felt a distinctly racial tone to this snippet: (...) from (URL) I agree that there is no (...) (23 years ago, 10-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Yes. But calling something X doesn't make it X. Unless you agree that California recently "deregulated" its power industry. (...) I totally agree with that! In our country the FCC seems bent on engineering the "correct" number of wireless (...) (23 years ago, 10-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I agree. No racism in Greg's comments that I saw. Not much Jingoism either. (23 years ago, 10-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Bummer of the Week: Happy Americans , Abused Chinese
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"Lawrence Wilkes" <lawrence@thewilkesf...rve.co.uk> wrote in message news:GJG1yq.2Gx@lugnet.com... (...) Sorry, that should have read "You compain that I didn't reply" regards lawrence (23 years ago, 10-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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"Greg Perry" <supernerd23@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:GJAItv.53p@lugnet.com... (...) You seem to assume that 1. I have nothing to do but follow this thread. You complain that I replied. As if all I have to do is reply to you. I only noticed (...) (23 years ago, 10-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | British railway industry (was Re: UK devolved government (was Harry Potter but who remembers that?)
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(...) Well that's what it the Government called it at the time! A state owned business was split up and the parts were either sold, floated or transferred under franchises. Of course you are right that Railtrack is a monopoly but it's still (...) (23 years ago, 10-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:GJFG33.8yn@lugnet.com... (...) I don't think there should be any restrictions on what can be sold when, or have anything to do with the size of the store. However, there clearly has (...) (23 years ago, 10-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I doubt it did either, but that's not what I am asking. I could care less (but not very much less...) about what the politicians were thinking. My question is, do you *personally* think it's a good idea to have a law that restricts when stores (...) (23 years ago, 10-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:GJF2q7.2Ft@lugnet.com... (...) It was a complex debate that raged for years before they allowed sunday trading. I guess this was the compromise they worked out. I doubt logic had (...) (23 years ago, 9-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) You need to read a bit more widely, perhaps. And does the fact that "everyone says so" make something actually "so" ?? (...) In what way is Railtrack an example of privatization? There's still one company controlling *all* the track that is (...) (23 years ago, 9-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Why? Does this seem fair or correct to you, out of curiosity? Trimmed FUT down to just .debate... which I forgot to do first time, sorry... ++Lar (23 years ago, 9-Sep-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) No, actually, that's probably not as much detail as I could withstand. :D I read pretty closely on the matter when I was living in Hornsey and in Acton, especially after Kiley got involved because I use Boston's and New York's systems quite (...) (23 years ago, 9-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | UK devolved government. (was Re: Harry Potter getting left out)
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(...) Lindsay As you may know I work for Ken Livingstone indirectly, in Transport for London, so I can answer these two questions (the Underground one perhaps in more detail than you may need!) 1 - Sunday trading: The Mayor and London Assembly don't (...) (23 years ago, 9-Sep-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) To be accurate, and correcting myself, that was not really an "invasion", it was more like a "refuse to leave": those military units were manned essentially by serbs but were based on Croatia. Hard to define as a situation... but easy to read (...) (23 years ago, 9-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) No, what you mention up there rings a bell. I had thought there was some tie to Saturday's hours as well, but perhaps not. I wonder how long it will take the GLA to fix *that*. And has PPP been tanked yet?!? I hope so. Britain doesn't need (...) (23 years ago, 9-Sep-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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"Mr L F Braun" <braunli1@pilot.msu.edu> wrote in message news:GJEqAn.K47@lugnet.com... (...) Small shops can open 24x7 Large shops (over 280sqm) can only open 6 hours on Sunday - any 6 hours between 10am and 6pm. Dont know anything about a rule (...) (23 years ago, 9-Sep-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Actually, most stores in the Netherlands *still* don't open on Sunday, some because of statute--church attendance is down almost 75% from just 20 years ago, so it's not an anti-secular thing anymore. I hear Belgium's the same way, as is much (...) (23 years ago, 9-Sep-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) As much as I don't want to advertise for them, do make a point of trying their lemonade if you like hyper-strong (sour) lemonade mixes. I think you spelled it right. Chris (23 years ago, 9-Sep-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) The U.S. Supreme Court held in 1961 that blue laws enacted by states (and by extension municipalities, I presume) restricting various aspects of Sunday commerce were constitutional. I don't believe that that decision has ever been overturned, (...) (23 years ago, 9-Sep-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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