(...) I'm not getting the joke. :-) I use government services reluctantly but if I *paid* for them already (willingly or not) and there aren't any alternatives (usually because bad money drives out good, or because the government forces a monopoly) (...) (21 years ago, 22-Apr-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
(...) Hmm. Did they not have a tendency to start fires, and then charge to put them out? Scott A (...) (21 years ago, 22-Apr-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)