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by BoppreH 5546 days ago
The guardian articles seems to explain it better:

  Pulling up unused copper cables for scrap is a common means of making money in the former Soviet Union. Some entrepreneurs have even used tractors to wrench out hundreds of metres of cable from the former nuclear testing ground at Semipalatinsk in Kazakhstan.
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JoeAltmaier 5546 days ago
And stealing pipe is a common way to make extra cash in Ireland. Stealing is stealing.
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BoppreH 5546 days ago
It might not be lawful, but I see it as somehow less wrong than stealing cables in use, or starting the trend.

Related video, though I don't endorse this guy's actions: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkLI2ywzRsA

"I steal copper, not [from] family men. And send me my 20% [of this recordings profits] later."

It's a weird world we live on.

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