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struan87 · 08-12-2004, 10:28 AM

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by dholly

Stru - I don't see any "footnote(s)", per se, to the article?
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It was that little section at the bottom where he talks about curb weight v. gross weight and how people choose the definition that helps them most.

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">I am going to venture a guess that the latter cause FAR, FAR more damage than SUVs annually.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
I don't know which way that goes. On the one hand, there are lot more SUVs on local roads, but they aren't as big as semis and delivery trucks. I could see it either way.

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">So it seems like just another convenient opportunity to rail against all SUV owners. To those who would condemn any group in it's entirety simply because of a few bad apples within, well, that just seems closed-minded and discriminatory to me.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
I don't think so. I'm railing against giant SUV owners because they drive giant SUVs, so they are by definition all guilty. For example, I can condemn the group "child abusers" because they are all "bad apples" under the criteria I set up for evaluation.
Of course, driving an SUV isn't that bad, but you get my point.

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">When this provision was added to the tax code, luxury passenger SUVs were not the market force they have become<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
Not so. This was part of Bush's tax cut last year. SUVs were very popular then.
And of course one could take the stance than an administration so close to the oil companies would use such an incentive to encourage people to buy vehicles that use lots of gas. Hypothetically [

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08-12-2004, 10:28 AM	#10 (permalink)
struan87 Over 2,500 Posts Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: USA Posts: 3,952	<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by dholly Stru - I don't see any "footnote(s)", per se, to the article? <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote"> It was that little section at the bottom where he talks about curb weight v. gross weight and how people choose the definition that helps them most. <blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">I am going to venture a guess that the latter cause FAR, FAR more damage than SUVs annually.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote"> I don't know which way that goes. On the one hand, there are lot more SUVs on local roads, but they aren't as big as semis and delivery trucks. I could see it either way. <blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">So it seems like just another convenient opportunity to rail against all SUV owners. To those who would condemn any group in it's entirety simply because of a few bad apples within, well, that just seems closed-minded and discriminatory to me.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote"> I don't think so. I'm railing against giant SUV owners because they drive giant SUVs, so they are by definition all guilty. For example, I can condemn the group "child abusers" because they are all "bad apples" under the criteria I set up for evaluation. Of course, driving an SUV isn't that bad, but you get my point. <blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">When this provision was added to the tax code, luxury passenger SUVs were not the market force they have become<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote"> Not so. This was part of Bush's tax cut last year. SUVs were very popular then. And of course one could take the stance than an administration so close to the oil companies would use such an incentive to encourage people to buy vehicles that use lots of gas. Hypothetically [] "struan87 you are way better than Google!" --BCole Pictures.