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Re: Dr Beeching

Subject: Re: Dr Beeching
From: gof@iname.com (John Gough)
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1999 19:57:06 GMT
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On Sat, 09 Jan 1999 15:52:31 GMT, news@nospam.freeserve.co.uk (Tony
Polson) wrote:

>On Sat, 09 Jan 1999 03:36:42 GMT, in uk.railway R.J.Drew@lboro.ac.uk (Richard
>Drew) wrote:
>
>(snip)
>
>>(Principal source of reference: "The Great Railway Conspiracy" by David Henshaw)
>
>About as biased and subjective a text as you could ever find.  
>
>Objective:  To start with an assumption of an anti-railway conspiracy and report
>any and all  supporting evidence, however thin and unsoundly based, whilst
>ignoring any information to the contrary, however strong and well founded.

I agree with Tony on this one. It's an interesting book and well worth
reading, but it's certainly no unbiased and objective study.

John Gough

References:
- Dr Beeching
  - From: "Daryl Cheshire" <daryl.cheshire@dse.vic.gov.au>
- Re: Dr Beeching
  - From: "David Proctor" <daproc@spam_this.umpires.com>
- Re: Dr Beeching
  - From: "Barry S. Doe" <tbc002@argonet.co.uk>
- Re: Dr Beeching
  - From: news@nospam.freeserve.co.uk (Tony Polson)
- Re: Dr Beeching
  - From: R.J.Drew@lboro.ac.uk (Richard Drew)
- Re: Dr Beeching
  - From: news@nospam.freeserve.co.uk (Tony Polson)

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