Re: [AUS] Radio forum on public transport

["Matt Cremer" <Matthew.Cremer@Aspect.com.au>]

Mark Gibson wrote in message <0Xok3.139$8b.43@firefly>...
...
>I drive a sports car. I pay just over $300 a year in insurance, about $50
>per year in registration fees (although that is going up to about $100
>next year, I think), and maybe $20/week for gasoline.  I figure I spend
>another $1200 per year on maintenance.  So next year I expect to spend
>less than $2700 or so on getting around via my own car.
>
>That beats the hell out of wasting money on transit.  I come and go as
>I please, when I please, and I go from door to door--I don't have to worry
>about when and where the buses and trains are running.  If I wake up at
>3am and want a bite to eat, I hop in my car and drive directly to a
>restaurant that is open 24 hours a day.  Losers who depend on transit
>just have to starve...
...

Now, we could translate this, using a lot fewer words, to

"Screw the rest of the world, I'm OK jack. Pollution is a myth put forward
 by left-wing pinko greenies; and while you're shooting them, get those
 poor people out of my sight, they're an eye-sore."


-Forg (Elsewhere)