Re: Batteryless Mobile Phone!!!!

From: Dirk Bruere at Neopax (dirk_at_neopax.com)
Date: 11/09/04 

Date: Tue, 09 Nov 2004 21:00:33 +0000

Kryten wrote:

>>>N. Thornton wrote:
>>>
>>>It never ceases to amaze me the people who fall for the stupid Nigerian
>>>scam (and its variants). In the last couple of years in NZ, half a dozen
>>>or so groups have fallen "victim" to this fraud. Surprisingly (or
>>>perhaps unsurprisingly) the people losing millions of dollars (ha!
>>>dickheads) have been lawyers, bankers and economists - including the
>>>(former) chief economist of the ASB bank, who lost several million
>>>dollars of his and his friends money. ROTFLMAO
>
>
> Well, I understand that avariciously stupid people deserve a good lesson,
> but if they go to jail we have to pay to keep them there.
> If they commit suicide they leave behind upset families.
>
> Most of all I hate the fact that a bunch of thieving vermin are making
> millions while I'm trying to earn an honest crust.
>
> They're probably laughing loudest at you and I.
>
> I think the west should deduct the amount scammed from the amount we give
> them in aid.
>
> Only then are their governments going to make a crackdown,
> when it comes out of their pockets.

Aid should *never* be given to governments. 

-- 
Dirk
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