[MR] Endless vehicle discussion

[William Stanton]

Discussions on long rides to events are what I consider one of the blessings
that we SCAdians get to enjoy because of our hobby. So the joke goes like
this... "the Jew, the Christian, and the Atheist all get into a van and
drive 18
hours to Golf Wars"  ... OK maybe more a story than a joke, but friends left
and good friends returned. Stimulating conversation with little common
ground
lead to deeper friendships than mire casual interaction could ever achieve.
Disagreeing with someone does not automatically disallow you from being
good friends. Deeper understanding of how someone came to disagree with
you does however lend itself to development of deeper friendships.

I foresee stimulating conversation in your future. To take the position that
decisions you make do not and can not effect others or society is one that
invites disagreement. Unfortunately I will not be going to October
University.
I hope you find someone else to share stimulating conversation with.

Confession: I dislike SUVs, but drive a mini-van myself. Pot calling the
kettle
black and all that stuff. But for some reason I can't talk the wife into
letting me
buy a third vehicle to save on gas while commuting to work. Just because I
want a 2 seater rag top. Go figure. :)

William the Younger



Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2005 13:03:22 -0400
From: "egeorges" <egeorges at cox.net>
Subject: Re: [MR] Endless vehicle discussion
To: <atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>

You know, I could comment on the fuel efficiency of various vehicles, their
size, their utility or lack thereof for the uses to which their owners put
them. But I'm not going to.

Because what a person drives and whether he or she can afford to put gas in
it is a personal financial matter.  It's none of my business, nor is it
appropriate for me to take someone else to task for a personal financial
choice they have made.  Generally speaking, it's a bad idea to give advice
on a personal financial matter when you haven't been asked for it.  And how
my husband and I go to work every morning is really not something that I
feel the need to discuss publicly.  Whether we ride to work in an empty C-4
cargo jet or take the DC Metro, doesn't matter. It's not really anyone's
business but ours.

As for the scarcity of resources and whether we as a society should require
more fuel-efficiency of our vehicles, that is a mundane matter that really
doesn't belong on an SCA bboard.

Now, if someone want's to carpool down to University in October, we have
something to talk about.

Luce Antony Venus