George, you stated that very well. It's true - I've found there to be a large correlation between people who own SUV's, and people who blindly follow the latest fads. They're more willing to compensate their moral beliefs in exchange for being part of the newest thing - a "yes man" if you will.
There's nothing wrong with consuming things, but damm, at least take into account how your consumption affects other things. It's simply a matter of cooperating with each other. I would go out on a limb to say that current SUV owners, that are somewhat aware of the environmental effects of driving one, are the ones whose mothers never taught them how to share as a child. All they know is that they're pretty happy now, and screw anyone that says otherwise. This is admittedly a little extreme, but somebody has to be on the other side of kevin's arguments ;) > -----Original Message----- > From: Earl, George [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 1:48 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: SUV break? > > > > ... snipped ... > > I think a lot of people get SUVs because they are the in > > thing today. > > ... snipped ... > > > > Robert Everland III > > Right. Lemmings. If tomorrow hybrids or bubble cars became > the thing to have > you would see oceans of SUVs showing up on used car lots in > short order. > People who now put up with the inherent inconveniences with > owning an SUV > would also put up with the same corresponding inherent > inconveniences with > owning a hybrid or a bubble car, just because they happen to be the in > thing. I will acknowledge, however, that there are people for > whom an SUV is > a suitable vehicle (like of course all the people on this > list who have > one!), just not about 90% of the people who do have one . . . > > George > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
