> >For a time, the fire departments were private. Once they were
> >nationalised, their efficiency went up rather well.

> In the USA volunteer firefighters outnumber paid firefighters by about
> 4 to 1.

> When did the UK nationalize all fire brigades?  There used to be
> volunteer fire brigades in the UK.

>"William Hamblen" <william.hamb...@nashville.com> wrote in message
>news:uurfrtkc7t00j0mgdq00c0qj0403e9tqpq@4ax.com...
>> On Sun, 30 Sep 2001 16:56:36 +0100, "Fabian" <m...@chung.ii> wrote:

>> >For a time, the fire departments were private. Once they were
>> >nationalised, their efficiency went up rather well.

>> In the USA volunteer firefighters outnumber paid firefighters by about
>> 4 to 1.

>> When did the UK nationalize all fire brigades?  There used to be
>> volunteer fire brigades in the UK.

>There still are volunteer brigades but they come under the control
>of the regular structure , they are paid for each callout and have
>their equipment provided by the fire authority.

>This arrangement has certainly been in place since before WW2

>Keith

> >    I have the right to accept or reject anything you give to me without a
> > contract. If you don't like me having them, don't give them to me. If you
> > can't figure out a way to give it to your friends and not me, then stop
> > making them. If you built them with stolen property to start with, then
> > you're also a thief in no position to argue who has the right to use what
> > property.

> Try making your lungs reject smoke particles from the power plant
> down the street  cause there's no contract

> Or making your intestines filter the cholera organisms
> from the water supply on the basis that you didnt contract
> to buy them

> Lots of luck preventing the fire spreading from your
> neighbours property to your own by yelling
> 'You dont have a contract'

> We have laws and public employees to enforce them
> in the above areas since the  laissez faire capitalism of the
> 19th century signally failed to address them

> > "Michael Schneider" <mi...@usfamily.net> wrote in message
> > news:mike1-0110010128360001@c4-208.xtlab.com...

> > >    I have the right to accept or reject anything you give to me
without a
> > > contract. If you don't like me having them, don't give them to me. If
you
> > > can't figure out a way to give it to your friends and not me, then
stop
> > > making them. If you built them with stolen property to start with,
then
> > > you're also a thief in no position to argue who has the right to use
what
> > > property.

> > Try making your lungs reject smoke particles from the power plant
> > down the street  cause there's no contract

> > Or making your intestines filter the cholera organisms
> > from the water supply on the basis that you didnt contract
> > to buy them

> > Lots of luck preventing the fire spreading from your
> > neighbours property to your own by yelling
> > 'You dont have a contract'

> > We have laws and public employees to enforce them
> > in the above areas since the  laissez faire capitalism of the
> > 19th century signally failed to address them

>    Keith, you endorse theft.

>    There's nothing else to really say, other than that you're
contemptible.

>    And your *excuses* are just bullshit.

>This seems to indicate you have no answers

> >    There's nothing else to really say, other than that you're
> contemptible.

> >    And your *excuses* are just bullshit.

> I note you failed to refute any of the points I made and
> simply fell back on ad hominem attacks and invective...

> > >    There's nothing else to really say, other than that you're
> > contemptible.

> > >    And your *excuses* are just bullshit.

> > I note you failed to refute any of the points I made and
> > simply fell back on ad hominem attacks and invective...

>    You advocate theft.

> > This seems to indicate you have no answers

>    I am under no moral requirement to provide you with solutions to *your*
> problems. If you can't figure out how to survive without ripping off other
> people, AFAIAC, you can croak as expeditiously as the Fates will arrange.

> Feel free to provide evidence for that assertion

> > Feel free to provide evidence for that assertion

>    Taxation is theft, and nakedly so.

>    Now stop being an idiot in public.

>> >    There's nothing else to really say, other than that you're
>> contemptible.

>> >    And your *excuses* are just bullshit.

>> I note you failed to refute any of the points I made and
>> simply fell back on ad hominem attacks and invective...

>   You advocate theft.