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To: LindyBill who wrote (190979)	12/29/2006 11:23:40 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793931

True enough: <Naah. Every Government lives by the sword. Most Tyrants don't get a fitting end. I > Though it's a question of degree and they do generally have democratic support. We have just had the New Years Honours list announced and of course they are largely spivs on the taxpayer, being honoured for taking part in the plunder of the productive who are not honoured. I read through the whole list. As usual, year after year, no mention of engineers anywhere. dpmc.govt.nz "Services to women", "Services to arts" all sorts of dopey things. People who build the infrastructure and design the products which enable the spivs to live in comfort and safety are ignored as some kind of house nigger. [I have got a gene which apparently means I'm allowed to use that word, so it's not racist]. ... STOP PRESS .... I just noticed on taking another look, to make sure, <Mr Gerald Lynn Te Kapa COATES, of Wellington. For services to engineering. > I have no idea why Gerald is honoured, but it does say engineering. I have been watching for years and that's the first time! Engineers in NZ must be hopelessly unproductive compared with women's libbers and so on, who are prolifically honoured every year, as they are not held up for admiration in NZ. Mqurice