Cumulative Responses (Aco)

Dear visitors,

I'm sorry to respond you this way (please get used to it -- smile). First off, on behalf of the Cafe, I would like to thank all the commenters (we're thinking of giving you some "membership privilege"-kind of thing). Here are my replies to those commenting on my posts (as for the disputes between hosts, we usually settle them over in the kitchen) .

• Spammers, thanks for leaving a mess here. But you're not welcome anymore.
• "blogowner", no, don't slap journalists; we need news, and bad journalism forces us to think harder than the good one. About privatization, yes, energy is a political thing. But so are others. The government can claim anything political.
  
• "dHani", thanks for visiting. I don't oppose charity. I oppose "forced charity" (ouch, an oxymoron, no?); I too give until I think I'm spoiling the recipient.
  
• "chrysalic", thanks for reminding the hosts to post. Of course, privatization and monopoly can be good. But loss is loss, be it public or private.
  
• "rizal", yes, Umberto Eco it is.
• "jay", I will try to stop by at the "Confession" discussion (today?).
• "fantarara", yes, we are in the process of recruiting a special host from Europe (he's asking a very high pay).
• "za", that's the curse of env-econ. thanks for visiting.
  

Did I miss anyone?