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JustJess · 10-24-2006, 11:34 AM

Okay - while I am serious in that I feel the average person who lives in QUEENS does not need a Hummer, that no one does due to the uselessness of them, the wastefulness of them, you're taking me a bit too seriously. Some SUVs are used well, and certainly a lot of trucks are. But not so much in QUEENS which was in my post that you quoted.

I'm sure the H1 was great - IN THE MILITARY. I am all for freedom, and doing what we want as long as we don't hurt others, but I feel that buying something that gets 10 mpg is just a ridiculous sign of asshole qualities I do not wish to associate with. I feel that people should have some semblance of social responsibility. In my head, I wouldn't buy an H2 etc. for the same reasons I wouldn't buy products made by sweatshops in China, and for the same reasons I wouldn't drive drunk (it's not just my life, it's my life affecting others around me).

My car is a Subaru Outback wagon - more space, since we haul a lot of stuff for ourselves, our family, and our neighbors, but still gets 27 mpg. Not my ideal, by any stretch, but certainly not in the 10mpg class of vehicle. And we usually use public transportation 9 days out of 10 anyway. So no, I don't consider myself a hypocrite.

10-24-2006, 11:34 AM	#37 (permalink)
JustJess Unencapsulated Location: Kittyville	Okay - while I am serious in that I feel the average person who lives in QUEENS does not need a Hummer, that no one does due to the uselessness of them, the wastefulness of them, you're taking me a bit too seriously. Some SUVs are used well, and certainly a lot of trucks are. But not so much in QUEENS which was in my post that you quoted. I'm sure the H1 was great - IN THE MILITARY. I am all for freedom, and doing what we want as long as we don't hurt others, but I feel that buying something that gets 10 mpg is just a ridiculous sign of asshole qualities I do not wish to associate with. I feel that people should have some semblance of social responsibility. In my head, I wouldn't buy an H2 etc. for the same reasons I wouldn't buy products made by sweatshops in China, and for the same reasons I wouldn't drive drunk (it's not just my life, it's my life affecting others around me). My car is a Subaru Outback wagon - more space, since we haul a lot of stuff for ourselves, our family, and our neighbors, but still gets 27 mpg. Not my ideal, by any stretch, but certainly not in the 10mpg class of vehicle. And we usually use public transportation 9 days out of 10 anyway. So no, I don't consider myself a hypocrite. __________________ My heart knows me better than I know myself, so I'm gonna let it do all the talkin'.