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Re: Dominant Form of Transportation

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From: John Higdon
Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2001 05:33
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in article 95l6j9$98k$1@slb6.atl.mindspring.net, Andy Chow  wrote:

> First of all, automobile is a form of social-enginerring. In fact, some can
> say that people social engineer all the time. It is nothing scary about it,
> so don't try to make it scary.

The only thing that scares me is people who think they know what is best for
other people.

> I don't expect automobiles to go away, because so many people have vested
> interest in automobile than transit, from the mechanics to the TV media that
> got their advertising dollars from auto ads.

I know. It isn't that the automobile provides freedom and convenience, it is
simply a Madison Avenue plot.

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