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Old 05-21-2012, 07:55 AM   #20
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Originally Posted by Steven Lyle Jordan View Post
Here's my analogy: For years, the American automakers blew off the concerns about the environment and, determined to make money, invented the SUV, marketed the livin' hell out of 'em, and pretended there was no pollution or environmental damage. And even though they now try to sell hybrids and electrics, I remember their past behavior well, and have decided that they are not worthy of my money... nor anyone else that I can steer away from them.
Do you steer people away from all car makers and from cars altogether? What about those Toyota SUVs -- especially those giant ones that dwarf my car -- and the BMW SUV and the Honda SUV and the Kia SUV and all the other SUVs and pickup trucks manufactured by non-American automakers. We shouldn't forget the mother/father of SUVs, the Land Rover, which I am certain wasn't American made .

Why pick on the American automaker for wanting to sell vehicles that consumers wanted to buy and for wanting to make a profit. Seems to me that is exactly the argument that is being made on behalf of Amazon: it wants to sell the ebooks that consumers want to buy at the price consumers want to pay so it can make a profit selling them to consumers.
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