[PLUG] The lion in Salem

[Brent Rieck]

On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 12:03, david pool wrote:
> Ah, there's a point of difference in our understanding. I consider the 
> state of Oregon's IT infrastructure "mine" in the sense that I help pay 
> for it and it stores data about me. Also ultimately the "owner" is the 
> people of Oregon (ie us). Further, if only indirectly, as voters we get 
> to express our opinions about how well the state is managing our IT 
> resources.

Do you ever get the urge to take a police car for a spin when you see
one idling at the curb?  You know, just to make sure the motor pool is
taking good care of the cars?  You pay for it after all.

Do you feel that the telephone switch in your neighborhood is your's
because you pay your phone bill and it's used to route your telephone
calls?  Or that Bonneville Dam is yours to do with as you like because
you buy power indirectly from it?  Even perhaps that the copy machine at
Kinko's is yours because you pay to make copies on it there?

--Brent