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From: don (Calgary) on 18 Apr 2010 18:51 On Sun, 18 Apr 2010 22:55:14 +0100, totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk (The Older Gentleman) wrote: >don (Calgary) <hd.flhr(a)telus.net> wrote: >> >> So why shouldn't I be allowed to drive them on public roads? > >Nobody said you were being forbidden. I didn't ask why I should be forbidden to drive them on public roads. I was asking you why you are telling me not to drive them on public roads.
From: Twibil on 18 Apr 2010 22:39 On Apr 18, 3:51 pm, "don (Calgary)" <hd.f...(a)telus.net> wrote: > > > >> So why shouldn't I be allowed to drive them on public roads? > > >Nobody said you were being forbidden. > > I didn't ask why I should be forbidden to drive them on public roads. > I was asking you why you are telling me not to drive them on public > roads. Are you *trying* to be dense? Here's the exchange: > > Further punishing the user with > > punitive taxes does nothing to save the environment, it only serves to > > provide more funds for our already out of control governments. > <Shrug> So collect vehicles, if that's your bag, but don't drive them on > public roads. It works for many people. TOG's not *telling* you not to drive them on public roads, and nobody is "forbidding" you from doing so either: he's suggesting collecting as an alternative to paying those "punitive taxes" you object to so strongly. What you actually seem to be saying though, is "Why should I have to do anything that I don't want to do?" And the answer to that question is "Because you're sharing the planet with circa 7 billion other human beings, and the more people we have on Earth the more rules there are going to be." Such is life.
From: don (Calgary) on 18 Apr 2010 23:45 On Sun, 18 Apr 2010 19:39:42 -0700 (PDT), Twibil <nowayjose6(a)gmail.com> wrote: >On Apr 18, 3:51�pm, "don (Calgary)" <hd.f...(a)telus.net> wrote: >> >> >> >> So why shouldn't I be allowed to drive them on public roads? >> >> >Nobody said you were being forbidden. >> >> I didn't ask why I should be forbidden to drive them on public roads. >> I was asking you why you are telling me not to drive them on public >> roads. > >Are you *trying* to be dense? Here's the exchange: I suspect you are the one trying to be dense, as usual. > >> > Further punishing the user with >> > punitive taxes does nothing to save the environment, it only serves to >> > provide more funds for our already out of control governments. > >> <Shrug> So collect vehicles, if that's your bag, but don't drive them on >> public roads. It works for many people. > >TOG's not *telling* you not to drive them on public roads, His statement "but don't drive them on public roads" pretty much speaks for itself. >and nobody >is "forbidding" you from doing so either: he's suggesting collecting Now are you deliberately trying to be dense. Where in your world is a 2001 Dodge Dakota a collectable vehicle? For that matter what makes you think an 85 XJ6 is a collectable vehicle? You are both being ignorant for even suggesting they are. I use both of these vehicles. They each serve a different purpose. For me they are practical, economical and considering the way I use them, they are environmentally friendly. All of that was in my earlier post. You seem to be acting deliberately obtuse. Neil somehow thinks I should only collect them and not drive them on the road. I would like to know why. >as an alternative to paying those "punitive taxes" you object to so >strongly. So you support placing punitive taxes, on motor vehicles that will do nothing to preserve the environment? What a friggin idiot. > >What you actually seem to be saying though, is "Why should I have to >do anything that I don't want to do?" Pete you need to wipe the edge of your mouth. There is just a little bullshit left. There was nothing in my post that even remotely implied that. I do not support are punitive taxes that do nothing more than raise money for our governments, which is what taxes like the UK road tax do. You seem to be saying you support them. Big surprise. In that same exchange I also said "It's not the vehicle that damages the environment, it is the consumption of fossil fuels." I wonder why you did not quote that too? Silly question. If you want to do something to reduce the consumption of fossil fuels and help the environment, place a tax dedicated to foster forms of alternate energy, on the various products developed from fossil fuels. If there was some assurance the money raised would be used for the intended purpose I could support that. > >And the answer to that question is "Because you're sharing the planet >with circa 7 billion other human beings, and the more people we have >on Earth the more rules there are going to be." > I am comfortable with my environmental footprint. My consumption of fuel for my four wheeled vehicles is minimal. I have done more over the years to preserve, protect and when necessary restore a variety of environmentally sensitive areas than most. I would like to know if you or Neil can say the same.
From: The Older Gentleman on 20 Apr 2010 14:32 Road Glidin' Don <d.langkd(a)gmail.com> wrote: > To prove the accuracy of such tests, researchers have performed > them around the globe in all kinds of places - right down to little > villages in Africa. Afterwards they would interview members of the > community, asking them who were the smartest people among them. "Him dere! Wiv de laptop and de emails about de twenty million dollar fund. Him make plenty money..." -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F Triumph Street Triple Suzuki TS250ER GN250 Damn, back to six bikes! Try Googling before asking a damn silly question. chateau dot murray at idnet dot com
From: The Older Gentleman on 19 Apr 2010 02:13
don (Calgary) <hd.flhr(a)telus.net> wrote: > On Sun, 18 Apr 2010 22:55:14 +0100, totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk > (The Older Gentleman) wrote: > > >don (Calgary) <hd.flhr(a)telus.net> wrote: > > >> > >> So why shouldn't I be allowed to drive them on public roads? > > > >Nobody said you were being forbidden. > > I didn't ask why I should be forbidden to drive them on public roads. > I was asking you why you are telling me not to drive them on public > roads. *Sigh* Go back and read the posting again. (I really ought to have that on a stickie, so I cxan just c&p it) -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F Triumph Street Triple Suzuki TS250ER GN250 Damn, back to six bikes! Try Googling before asking a damn silly question. chateau dot murray at idnet dot com |