Conspiracy theory time

[Thanz]

A blackout has hit London during the evening rush hour, 2 weeks to the day that a similar (but much larger) blackout hit the U.S. eastern seaboard, at about the same time - evening rush hour.

How long will it be before we see the terrorist/conspiracy theories flying? I give it 2 days, tops.

[Doubt]

I would favor 2 seconds.

I don't have good access to usenet, but I bet somebody out there was posting about it as soon as they got the news.

[shanek]

I'm just waiting to see how jj's going to manage to blame this one on deregulation...

[Thanz]

Originally posted by shanek
I'm just waiting to see how jj's going to manage to blame this one on deregulation...
And I am sure he is waiting for you to blame it on government regulation, preferably with some claim that they are killing our children or something.

[Gem]

Shanek and jj, if you ask me, it was a simple mistake of failure somewhere. But I wouldn't argue for any deregulation or regulation because the problem was solved in 40 minutes!

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=5&u=/ap/20030828/ap_on_re_eu/britain_blackout

Electricity was cut for about 40 minutes before it came back on at about 7 p.m., said EDF Energy, which handles some power transmission for London.

But back on the main topic, I blame Bush's foreign policy on this one.

Gem

[shanek]

Originally posted by Gem
Shanek and jj, if you ask me, it was a simple mistake of failure somewhere. But I wouldn't argue for any deregulation or regulation because the problem was solved in 40 minutes!

I fully agree that it cannot be warped into a positive argument for deregulation.

But back on the main topic, I blame Bush's foreign policy on this one.

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