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Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: North American Blackout
From: "Gary Williams" <nasmformyzombie@mindspring.com>
Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2003 14:10:57 -0400
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Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: North American Blackout
> In a message dated 8/16/03 5:28:33 AM, knarf.theriault@sympatico.ca
writes:
>
> << I think pretty much all of Toronto now has power back (may be a few
> pockets without), but it's kind of scary to realize how much we depend
> on electricity.  Also neat to see how friendly everyone seemed to
> become, after being reduced to the same level, if you know what I mean. >>
>
> Frank,
>
> Before I escaped to the northwest US, I spent most of my life in NYC.
During
> the blackouts and transit strikes I lived through the only benefits were
the
> relaxation of the parking rules by the Holy Brotherhood and the twice
daily
> march over Brooklyn Bridge to and from my home. Sure, I took shots of my
fellow
> soldiers on parade.
> In NYC junk happens. We expect the sky to fall because it does. Sometimes
I
> think NYC is held for ransom by the gods. Wall Street alone is Sodom. A
short
> walk from City Hall, which is as corrupt. Then there's the NY Public
Library,
> which is still free and for which NYC is spared by the Almighty.
>
> The WTC is no more. But the insurance money is. That's how NYC works.
Money
> stored up by millions of hours of hard work by immigrants -- including my
Mom
> -- and slaves over 400 years have left a reinvestment account in the banks
that
> is almost infinite. The magic of early and current capitalism does its
thing.
> And the WTC rises again.
> br

I hardly think NYC has a monopoly on corruption---much as the members of the
Taliban and other fundamentalist organizations throughout the world don't
have a monopoly on provincialism, ignorance and intolerance of those who
doesn't share their philosophical and political views.

Gary

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