Re: Back to future: which way for Melbourne's transport?

John McCallum (mccallum@melbpc.org.au)
Sat, 09 Aug 97 19:09:08 GMT

In article <5s9vft$h01$1@tiger.aba.net.au>,
pcc@ocean.com.au (Leslie Brown) wrote:
>"Roderick Smith" <rodsmith@werple.net.au> wrote in aus.rail:

>Snip

>> "This shows the same scale of vision as does Federation Square. By the
>>year 2001 Melbourne commuters will be proud of the fact that they have a
>>transport system designed for the future".

>>Roderick Smith

>Rod, this is total bullshit.

>You are either too late for April 1st or way too early for the next
>year's.

>There is no factual information contained in it. You have not detailed
>who the US consultant is or your source for this information. I think
>it is highly irresponsible of you to post it as such.

>Given your position as editor of RNV, please re-consider posting such
>utter and total crap in the future if you wish to remain a credible
>source.

>Les Brown.

Les,
Could not you see that Rod's post was tongue in cheek?
It was quite obvious after the 1st couple of lines that he was writing about
returning the city's transport back to the 19th century, which is something
that no sensible government would even consider doing.
I got a laugh out of it, which I think was the point of his post.

Cheers,

John McCallum
e-mail address: mccallum@melbpc.org.au
Phone 03 9478 4254. Member, Melbourne PC User Group.

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