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Nobody's Business But Their Own
Originally posted by Rouser
Read all the posts to this (obvious) sensitive thread, and it all boils down to ... freedom. Americans buy/own/drive what they want in spite of what any globalists/environmentalists/Naderites/P.C. Police try to force upon them; since "they" are not the ones making the payments, it's nobody's business but our own.
To me, Rouser's opinion highlight's the great ideological divide between the pro- and anti-SUV camps. Pro-SUVers believe what they do is "nobody's business but [thier] own."
The pro-SUVers believe the pollution they make is "nobody's business but [their] own." Even though I have to breathe it.
The pro-SUVers believe the risk their large vehicles present to smaller, vehicles is "nobody's business but [their] own." Even though I drive a little car and would get completely destroyed if an SUV ran into me.
And the pro-SUVers believe that consuming as much gasoline as they can buy is "nobody's business but [their] own." Eventhough there is a strong relationship between our gasoline consumption and the sort of wars that my country has to fight, either with my money, my blood and/or the blood of my family.
If you drive an SUV, and by doing so, present risks to me, then it is my business.
Douglas
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