[arin-ppml] ARIN-prop-146 Clarify Justified Need for Transfers

McTim dogwallah at gmail.com
Thu May 5 09:16:50 EDT 2011


On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 1:24 PM, Jeffrey Lyon
<jeffrey.lyon at blacklotus.net> wrote:

>
> Based on the fact that you call it "petrol," i'll assume you're not in
> the United States. My trips to the gas station take about < 5 minutes.
> I would call that a testament to the free market.


I guess you aren't old enough to remember long lines and rationing in the USA.

>
> But in all fairness, all governments have their hands in the cookie
> jar. Your government more so from what I can tell.

The current petrol shortage here has little to do with gov't and
everything to do with speculators buying stocks of fuel, despite them
having no retail outlets.

See any resemblance to IP addressing?

-- 
Cheers,

McTim
"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A
route indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel



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