Dum-Dems: SUV = Terror.....?!?!?!?!

[cia]

I'm just going to climb into my nuclear-powered truck and squish all them pesky terrorists!

[MosesPresley]

Mock commercial from GTA 3

Maibatsu Monstrosity SUV (commercial)

Man: "I'm a marketing manager who lives in the suburbs and commutes to work on the highway. I live alone, so of course I needed a car that can seat 12 and is equipped to drive across arctic tundra...it just makes me feel better!"

Woman: "Phil and I just had another kid. So of course we need a bigger SUV. Being a mom is hard, with soccer, football and lacrosse practice, so we bought the new Maibatsu Monstrosity. It's so big...we lost little Joey in the back and couldn't find him for and hour! When I'm rushing to the mall, or talking on my cell phone, I know me and my family are safe. The Maibatsu Monstrosity has 4-wheel drive, and in amphibious mode...it can cross rivers. So far I've only hit a few puddles, but it's good to know it's there. With the time I save taking shortcuts through the strip-mall parking lot I can focus on the important things. Like gazing longingly at the pool boy or...buying more exercise equipment off the TV. So what if it gets 3 miles to the gallon!? I'm a mom, not a conservationist!"

Woman Voice: "The new Maibatsu Monstrosity...mine's bigger!!"

[Imran Siddiqui]

That's because life is politics

Life is more economics. As a communist living in capitalist society, you should be aware of this .

[Skyjack666]

Originally posted by Guynemer


Anyway, back to the point--the vast majority of people do NOT need SUVs, and that includes you, Rah. The climate I live in is no better or worse than yours, and the roads in Michigan are much worse than those in Illinois. I have always driven small cars, and have never gotten into a single accident.

Ok by that reasoning we should take away any money or any- THING you don't need...wreaks of communism.
This is America, you can have $80,000,000,000.00 and nobody can tell you you can't.

It's the same whiney reasoning behind 're-distribution of wealth'.

Besides, the Government/Auto/Oil Industry are the ones behind burying and clean technology because they are not ready to give up control of the world just yet.

[rah]

HAHAHAHA, yes, WHO THE HECK does he think he is to tell me what I think I need or don't need. I do a lot of projects around the house that require considerable room for schlepping materials. Most of the time we have to take both vehicles to fit everything in in one trip.

Or I guess he doesn't have a family to worry about their safety. No one is going to tell me that it's not safer to be driving a four-wheel drive vehicle with a higher ground clearance in the snow. (both of ours rated low on the tipover tests) And with all the current trucks and MINIVANS on the road, being up a bit higher drastically improves visability. He's the exact type of person that can K*** my A**. When you ban every 18 wheeler, construction truck, pickup truck, minivan, large cars, buses, etc., THEN, and only then, Might I consider giving up my suv.

You can take chances with your family, I prefer to spend a little extra to help the percentages.

RAH

[Guynemer]

Come off it, DL. No one is advocating that SUVs be taken away from people. What is being advocated is that people think about the consequences of their choices when it comes to vehicles, and that the government enforce some sort of mileage standards for SUVs, which are conveniently lacking currently.

[rah]

What about high performance cars?

[Boris Godunov]

I'm still waiting to hear what these commercials have to do with the Democrats or liberals, considering they were put out there by car companies.

[SpencerH]

Its obviously a leftist liberal ploy. First they take our SUV's, then our trucks, then our gun racks, then our guns. Its time to bring in Chuck and the NRA RIGHT NOW BEFORE IT GOES TO FAR.

Damn liberals. If I lived anywhere near snow I'd have a 4WD (we may have a 1/2" later in the week-yeah snow day).

[Flubber]

I can see the conservation issue. Perhaps we should all be driving fuel efficient cars. Personally, we have a single Honda civic and like Rah I made the decision to live closer in toward work so that I can easily bicycle or take public Transit.

BUT, our next vehicle will likely be some form of SUV--when I look at what we both "need" and "want" from a vehicle, there are a number of smaller and mid-sized SUVs that fit the bill. Gas economy will be a factor in our decision, but more for economic than environmental reasons.

As for the supporting terror fallacy, I think that has been debunked by enough people here. Why not just say that "Existence supports terror"-- since after all, everbody in a modern society uses some petroleum products

[Berzerker]

As for the supporting terror fallacy, I think that has been debunked by enough people here. Why not just say that "Existence supports terror"-- since after all, everbody in a modern society uses some petroleum products

You contradicted yourself, the fact we all use petroleum products doesn't mean terrorists don't get oil money, it just means it's silly to blame oil or drug consumers for what happens to the money once it leaves the hands of the consumers. That's the inherent hypocrisy of both the SUV and drug ads, they single out groups and ignore that "existence supports terror" as you so aptly put it.

[Guynemer]

Originally posted by rah
What about high performance cars?

The same thing applies. Merely status symbols, driven in large part by men trying to compensate for sexual inadequacies. I imagine the reason the ads target SUVs as opposed to "high performance cars" is that SUVs, in addition to getting poor mileage, have the extra bugaboo of being a menace to other drivers on the road.

[Goingonit]

We'll know when coservation becomes a real and important issue for the general public when people start getting rid of their own SUVs without being told to.

[mactbone]

My family came back from a trip to Florida 4 or 5 years ago during one of the bigger snowstorms in Northern Indiana and we were the only car on the road coming back from the Airport, because we were the only ones who needed to travel home and had an SUV to do it (Lincoln Navigator). The higher ground clearance makes a big difference when the snow is piled up, especially if you don't live on a major road and it takes days for the plows to come through. Anyways, if you've advanced along the economic scale to the point where you can afford and desire one, I see no reason why anyone should b!tch and moan. My father worked his *ss off to be able to afford nice things and if wants to be able to tool around in a car that can fit our family plus two others, more power to him.

[Felch]

I thought the SUV ads were a funny idea. I must admit I thought about something very similar one day when I was at a friend's house getting high. There was some stupid anti-drug ad where the gist was, "Your drug money might support terror, and might is a good enough reason to not do drugs." No proof was offered of course, just the vague insinuation that the British Columbian reefer I was smoking was supporting some terrorist outfit that killed judges and stuff (FARBC?)

Right after that came an ad for Isuzu SUVs. I was flabbergasted. Drug money might support terror, especially drugs like cocaine and heroin, but oil money definitely funds not just terrorism, but the despotic regimes around the world that fund and support Islamicist movements that promote intolerance and hatred.

I don't care if people buy SUVs just like I don't care about people who do drugs. It's not the consumer's fault if the producer is a gangster or a terrorist. Terrorists should be dealt with by the proper authorities, not by the clumsy method of market manipulation.