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From: <M35products@aol.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 8:15 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] NEW FROM CHRYSLER-BENZ
> In a message dated 3/6/01 9:28:06 AM Pacific Standard Time,
davidcole@tk7.net
> writes:
>
> << But let's face it, we live in a capitalistic society where demand is
often
> created by marketing types. (Like myself!) Trying to explain why this is
> good
> or bad is a moot point. If it is legal and there is money to be made at
it,
> people in the US will do it until it is illegal. (And perhaps after it is
> illegal if it is lucrative enough - ex drugs) The alternative to
> capitalism
> is something like socialism, and that hasn't been too successful. As a
> member
> of a capitalistic/democratic society, people just can't hoist their will
upon
> one another and still maintain a "free" society. If they do, then it is
no
> longer a free society. >>
>
> Sheesh...I thought that I had pretty much heard all the flag waving BS
that I
> could stand for one lifetime. This here U S of A has given us, . . . . .
. . . . .
>Spare me the Patriotism, and let's talk about trucks, not phantoms. Capt. A
P Bloom, (ret)
>
:-O
Good job you said that, one of us aliens here would be burnt to a crisp by
now.
Richard
Southampton - England
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