From: Randall Scheffler (roughdoc@earthlink.net)
Date: Mon Feb 18 2002 - 09:14:13 PST
> Actually, I think this was something they learned from the far right.
> Rember, first the Nazis were elected (sorta fairly), then they seized
> control of a democractic government (sorta legally), then they rolled
> back certain rights for everybody, then they rolled back even more for
> specific peoples, then they tried to force them to emigrate, then they
> rounded them up for "resettlement", then they killed them while their
> armies plundered, burned, and raped the rest of Europe, which in turn
> lead to the destruction of their nation state. Nothing liberal there,
> inspite of the name of the responsible party being "National Socialist
> German Workers Party".
Many of the worlds biggest atrocities were committed by the "left". Hitler
and the Nazi's were very socialist, and incredibly Fascist. Look at the
Soviet Union. Very leftist Communist.
> I do not fear this legislation any more than I fear any other. Any line
> of thinking can be carried to an extreme if our elected officials and the
> sheep like masses of this country (or any country) allow it. But to fear
> sensible legislation now because it might become oppressive later is not
> productive. I mean, what else should we oppose? Minimum gas milage and
> safety standards being set for an industry which has proven time and
> again that it does not act in its customer's best interests when left
alone?
What's sensible about it? Shouldn't the marketplace decide which vehicles
are driven or not driven?
Neither the Government NOR the Industry should decide what's in the
customer's best interest. That should be decided by the customer. Want a
"safer" car? Buy it. Want cheaper insurance? Buy the car with better
safety ratings. Want better gas mileage? Buy it. The current popularity
of the SUV is directly related to the Government doing away with station
wagons because of arbitrary fuel economy ratings. My V-8 Crown Victoria
station wagon gets lot's better gas mileage than SUV's far smaller.
> I am a staunch moderate. I despise both left and right when they are
> allowed to take control of the debate, as both of them are generally
> harmful to either the people and/or to the industrial base. If you think
> the left is to blame for all our woes, I suggest taking hard look at The
> Big Picture. There is plenty of blame to go around, and many of them
> call themselves Republicans.
They say that the only things that you find down the middle of the road are
yellow stripes and dead animals!
I didn't think we were discussing the problems of the world. In the case
of old vehicle confiscation, it is a liberal left conspiracy to do away
with old cars. Issue by issue we can blame the left or right. On this one
it's the left.
Doc
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