Re: [AUS] Radio forum on public transport

[gibson@prairienet.org (Mark Gibson)]

Matt Cremer (Matthew.Cremer@Aspect.com.au) wrote:
>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)

Well put!



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