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Re: Apologies in advance: Re: [OT] SUVs, peace (was: [OM] NewOM-1N and

Subject: Re: Apologies in advance: Re: [OT] SUVs, peace (was: [OM] NewOM-1N and battery problem)
From: "George M. Anderson" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 09:03:14 -0700
Jan;

I actually smiled at this message.  Must be the drugs!

His message was just so full of inane generalisations that it had to be
responded to.  And no, Acer, I do not see or agree with what you
apparently think you see.  And how was I to know that I and fellow list
members were the exceptions to his rules?  There are lots of times my
wife drives the SUV to the grocery store.  If Acer saw her, he would
immediately assume she was an environmental scofflaw lemming, now
wouldn't he?  He would not know of other uses the vehicle is put to. 
That could apply to **every** SUV you see, Acer.

George


Jan Steinman wrote:
> 
> >From: "george" <geanders@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> > >SUVs by themselves are not bad, it's the attraction
> > >they have for the incompetant drivers that is my peeve.
> >
> >Now you pissed me off. You just called my wife and I incompetent drivers?
> 
> Whoa, George -- down boy, down boy!
> 
> Go back to Rhetoric 101. Siddiq said SUVs attract incompetant
> drivers, which one would assume would be a subset of all SUV drivers.
> 
> Do you so identify with SUV drivers that you assume you are the
> average case? Don't you consider yourself "special?" We all know
> you're an outlier on almost any parameter one could fit to a bell
> curve, so why should you automatically assume he was talking about
> you and your wife? Been self-medicating again? :-)
> 
> Try this out: anytime you think someone is insulting you, take a deep
> breath, leave the computer for a cup of coffee or some other short
> break, come back and momentarily pretend you are some commie-loving,
> small-furry-creature-saving liberal, then re-read the email. If it is
> still insulting, then flame away!
> 
> Are we having fun yet? :-)
> 
> : Jan Steinman <mailto:Jan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> : Bytesmiths <http://www.bytesmiths.com>
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