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					Originally Posted by  Strangler Lewis
					 
				 
				For just that reason there's currently a proposal floating around to privatize 911 service.  This would give the consumer a choice of several different numbers to call in an emergency.  It would work like broadcast television; there would not be a charge; rather, the caller would just have to listen to a few brief advertisements before the dispatcher came on the line. 
			
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Oh dear God I hope you're joking.