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   Message 1,780 of 3,261   
   Adam H. Kerman to John Levine   
   Re: Price gouging by airlines after Amk    
   17 May 15 23:00:34   
   
   From: ahk@chinet.com   
      
   John Levine  wrote:   
      
   >>>It's still wrong.  Do you want to go back to the days of robber barons?   
      
   >>We had a lot more intercity rail options, and fewer subsidies for   
   >>non-railroad transportation.   
      
   >We also had no airplanes, no paved roads, and approximately no cars or   
   >buses.  Is it a level playing field if you're the only player?   
      
   You still DO NOT have permission to quote anything I write as long as   
   you fail to attribute my remarks to me. You're still an asshole for   
   behaving like this on Usenet, Levine.   
      
   Do pretend that there were no interurbans, and that New York to Buffalo   
   wasn't served by 8 railroads, Chicago to St. Paul by five, Chicago to   
   St. Louis by 4, etc.   
      
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