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Group: uk.transport · Group Profile
Author: BrimstoneBrimstone Date: Sep 15, 2008 01:38
Doug wrote:
> On 15 Sep, 07:46, Adrian gmail.com> wrote:
>> Doug riseup.net> gurgled happily, sounding much like they
>> were saying:
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>>>> What makes me smile is the thought that Dougs' last trip on this
>>>> planet will be in the back of a car - a hearse.
>>>> Lets hope its sooner rather than later.
>>> You are wrong as usual. As I have left my body to medical science it
>>> will be cut up and end up in plastic bags, probably for
>>> incineration, and will never, ever need to travel in a car, for
>>> which I am truly grateful.
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>> As usual, you seem to be differentiating quite spectacularly between
>> "cars" and other forms of motor vehicle - in this case, a van. It
>> doesn't seem to occur to you - despite it being pointed out
>> REPEATEDLY - that the other motor vehicles you do "approve of" and
>> take advantage of just wouldn't, couldn't exist and be used without
>> the private car.
>>
> What you have not taken into account is that 'other forms' are small
> in number compared to cars. It is the sheer volume of cars that is the
> problem as well as their frivolous usage. There is nothing wrong with,
> say, vans used for essential purposes.
Without cars there would be no vans.
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