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From: afscian@violet.waterloo.edu (Anthony Scian)
Newsgroups: news.admin,can.general
Subject: Re: Lotteries was: warning: scumbags using usenet for pyramid schemes
Message-ID: <18940@watdragon.waterloo.edu>
Date: 2 Dec 89 21:54:10 GMT
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In article <5845@ubc-cs.UUCP> razzell@cs.ubc.ca (Dan Razzell) writes:
>In article <1989Nov30.182532.2819@eci386.uucp>, jmm@eci386.uucp (John Macdonald) writes:
>> I tend to refer to lotteries either as "voluntary taxation" or
>> "stupidity tax" depending on my mood (and whether I've contributed
>> any money to one in the preceding year or not... :-).
>
>I think of it as a tax on hope. Not a very nice thought.
The new commercials "Freedom for a buck" remind me of the lotteries
in "1984". There is mention of conversion to the metric system in
the book and its effect on beer drinkers (1/2 litre too small,
1 litre too large, bring back the pint). Maybe George miscounted?

Anthony
//// Anthony Scian afscian@violet.uwaterloo.ca afscian@violet.waterloo.edu ////
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