Date: 13 Apr 2000 00:14:00 +0200
From: ASWAD-AT-anarch.free.de (catkawin)
Subject: Re: I was in court yesterday.......




KeLe* wrote re smashing up BMWs:

> aren't we just a tad bit old for stereotyping??
>
> i'm a normal, barely-middle-class girl - i go to school, work my ass off,
> participate in quite a few activist causes, have worked with habitat for
> humanity, etc, etc... in other words, i'm not some rich, yuppie snot who's
> never gotten her hands dirty... i *caRe* about the cause, i'm in it for the
> people...
>
> and can you guess what i drive?  a 1987 BMW.
>
> so let's not be so quick to condemn... what you drive doesn't necessarily
> make you an asshole... nothing can be solved with a closed mind.

Yep, when I read that suggestion, I did not feel too happy about it  
either: we're driving a 1988 BMW and are feeling quite happy about this,  
each for hir own reasons: my man because he feels unsafe in a small car  
after the accident two years ago and he wouldn't like to have another leg  
injury and all the trouble in re-learning walking again, me because I like  
fast cars - especially after one's been driving shoe-boxes on wheels, it's  
nice for a change.

I suppose we'll receive absolution because the cars are old, because you  
need the car to get to work, because my man is handicapped, so we may a)  
pollute the environment driving a car and b) own a plush BMW - but why do  
I have to make excuses at all?

catkawin