The Natural Philosopher wrote:

Doctor Drivel wrote:

"Steve Firth" wrote in message
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And the rest. I used to do occasional pick and shovel sessions with the
blokes who did it regularly. I think I once worked out that I'd moved
about 30 tonnes during a shift and I was just one of the blokes on a
factory floor with four conveyor belts.

They should have kept you on that chain gang.

Its always those to the left of center that have the greatest leanings
towards fascism, isn't it?

I think extremists of every kind think they know better than anyone else
what to do with someone elses life, labour and income. It doesn't matter
what they call themselves, left or right wing, I can's see any
difference between the policies of Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, Pol Pot,
Kim il whatever, Mao Zhe Dong ... insert list of dictators here.

And I'm always staggered that otherwise sensible people (I'm not
including Drivel in a list of "sensible" people) think that it's OK to
steal or extort from someone, provided they do so "for a good cause".
Perhaps they beleive that RNLI collectors should be allowed to cosh
passers by and remove 45% of the money from their person. After all,
it's in a good cause.