RE: [MV] [MVlist] Re: GL Is a Joke

From: Glen Bedel (GBedel@designforum.com)
Date: Thu Aug 28 2003 - 13:03:32 PDT

Seat belts and Air bags in deuces......

I can see it now, being shot at and you can't get the belt off. Or a
shell hits in front of you, setting the airbag off..

-----Original Message-----
From: David Cole [mailto:DavidCole@tk7.net]
Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 4:02 PM
To: Military Vehicles Mailing List
Subject: Re: [MV] [MVlist] Re: GL Is a Joke

I think the same thing applies to the M151, that's supposidly why they
are
not sold to the public.

I don't see how they can have it both ways. Either they are safe for
humans
to use or not.

Perhaps AMG doesn't believe soldiers should be afforded the same
protection
as regular civilians?

This could become really ugly for AMG if a group of people pushed the
issue.

Anyone up for a letter writing campaign?

If someone wants to write up a standard letter to our congress people
and
post it on a server or just send the text to the email list, I'd
certainly
be willing to print off a few copies and send them in with my signature.

Enough of this bullshit - crushing perfectly good vehicles.

Dave

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

On Thu, 28 Aug 2003 19:28:03 +0100, <jimweb@endgame.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>
>> Did I miss the constitutional change from democracy to dictatorship?
>
> You overlook one small thing - America isn't a democracy its a
> republic.
> In case you are confused the best definitions of the words are here -
> please read before launching into me...
>
> http://www.worldnewsstand.net/freedom/democracy.htm
> http://www.couplescompany.com/Features/Politics/Structure1.htm
>
> One thing that has struck me about this Hummer/GL debate is that if
> these
> vehicles are unsafe for the road [reason for not reselling them to the

> public] why are they being issued to the US Army? Does the US Army not

> operate some sort of health & safety standard?
>
> It strikes me that you should not be complaining to your congressman
> but
> to the Ralph Nader types - a ruthless investigation by them should see

> either a rapid retraction of the 'safety' issue or the release of
> thousands of hummers on the grounds that they are unsafe for use by
the
> US Army.
> 

-- 
Dave

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