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To: Lane3 who wrote (3668)	8/26/2004 8:23:53 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 7936

I agree with your comments about experience. Interesting story about your ex and the Air Force.

To: Lane3 who wrote (3668)	8/26/2004 8:26:21 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7936

I would guess not, because he was complaining bitterly about the regulatory nature of the British government, in an article which drew a dry smile. After making the confident predicition that the world as we know it will end, on the grounds we are running out of oil, Monbiot presents for our admiration a commune in Somerset. But our hippy heroes found to their dismay that regulations thwarted them at every turn: Peasant farming, the settlers have found, is effectively illegal in the UK. The first hazard is the planning system. The model is viable only if you build your own home from your own materials on your own land: you can't live like this and support a mortgage. So the settlers imposed more rules on themselves: their houses, built of timber, straw bales, wattle and daub and thatch, would have the minimum visual and environmental impact. But the planning system makes no provision for this. It is unable to distinguish between an eight-bedroom blot on the landscape and a home which can be seen only when you blunder into it. ...Then the environmental health inspectors struck... ... Tinkers' Bubble, which has never poisoned anyone, is now forbidden to sell any kind of processed food or drink: its cheese, bacon, juice and cider have been banned. I think it is just hilarious that the hippies of Tinker's Bubble, who have imposed all manner of self-regulations on themselves, find themselves so hindered. The State is not your friend, even if you are a hippy on a commune. samizdata.net

To: Lane3 who wrote (3668)	9/3/2004 8:55:51 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7936

You don't have to raise your voice to make a statement Peter Northup at 10:00 PM This is not a good week for thoughtful, reasoned conversation between Republicans and Democrats in Manhattan. But as I walked past the corner of Wall St. on my way home last night I saw something that I found genuinely moving: a self-proclaimed liberal was spending her day, not protesting with angry slogans, but sitting in front of an empty chair and a sign that invited conservatives to sit down and talk with her about the future of the country. One gentleman had taken her up on her offer, and they were having an earnest but civil discussion, as cops in riot gear milled around the financial landmarks nearby and the sky faded to purple. This campaign makes it easy to be cynical, but some seem to be resisting. Kudos to Ariana Jacob for bringing the spirit of public reason to the streets, and to David McLaughlin for taking up her offer of conversation. crescatsententia.org Link includes pictures