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Old January 4th 12, 10:58 AM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london,misc.transport.rail.europe
Lüko Willms[_2_] Lüko Willms[_2_] is offline
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Default Complete (almost) Shutdown of Berlin Train System - could ithappen here...??

Am 04.01.2012 12:17, schrieb Recliner:
No, that was again this Mr. Recliner (or who ever) who claimed that
once there is only one owner of a company, that turns this company
into a monopoly which is to be fought.


I know that English is not your native tongue, so perhaps you're
confused by the English language terms "ownership" and "monopoly". The
ownership of a company has nothing to do with whether it's a monopoly.


Correct. But YOU wrote that a single owner turns a company into a
monopoly:

Am 03.01.2012 14:33, schrieb Recliner:
If a company is dominated by one single shareholder, and
that shareholder has other interests, then you have a potential
conflict of interest. It's why monopolies are restricted
in the EU and other free capitalist countries.


I welcome you retraction of that nonsense, but you should not deny
that you wrote it.

By the way, I like your humor in the phrase of "free capitalist
countries", and the similar

In strongly socialist countries,


You made my day! I need something to laugh at midday...

Now please will you answer my question about workers' rights in north
and south Korea?


No, that is off-topic here.



Cheers,
L.W.