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- From: zzatsjl@uts.mcc.ac.uk (Janusz Lukasiak)
- Newsgroups: uk.misc
- Subject: Re: How do you claim?
- Message-ID: <6067@mccuts.uts.mcc.ac.uk>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 11:21:14 GMT
- References: <3209@ucl-cs.uucp> <28217@castle.ed.ac.uk>
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- In article <28217@castle.ed.ac.uk> cam@castle.ed.ac.uk (Chris Malcolm) writes:
- >In article <3209@ucl-cs.uucp> G.Joly@cs.ucl.ac.uk (Gordon Joly) writes:
-
- >In other words, even if was entirely your own stupid fault, and you
- >know it, you should still keep your mouth shut, since the unprincipled
- >brigands employed by the legal and insurance professions may still be
- >able to put one over on your blameless victim. This sounds rather
- >immoral, but don't forget the basic principle of Thatcherism: the
- >greatest good for the greatest number is automatically ensured by the
- >free operation of market forces, so being anything other than grossly
- >selfish in all circumstances will definitely screw things up badly;
-
- I see. So Mrs T's legacy includes, among other things, defining
- rules for insurance companies. I've never realised how powerful
- she was !! :-)
- How comforting it is to have a single scapegoat for everything (stupid
- insurance policies, bad weather, inflation) : communists/freemasons/
-
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