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People who protest about SUV's are Dickheads.
Nah, people who do what they did are dickheads.
You can protest about SUVs all you like, I'm largely signed up, they are boring shit cars that are largely unnecessary - just don't let the air out of random's tyres - it's just childish. And that note they left, Jesus.
You can't condone that behaviour even if it was well meaning.
Incredible that the BBC reported it and in the way that they did. Assume the editor was trying to troll an audience segment or something.
Howard
A little bit, but I was more interested in the way this discussion developed from:-
People protesting about SUV's miss a wider point about generalised use of motor cars to-
SUV's aren't necessarily as polluting as you might think to -
People who protest about SUV's are Dickheads.
In reality, I'm not 100% convinced by the original position. To my mind - probably incorrectly - SUV's represent a fetishisation of the motor car. They are a car that isn't in any way necessary.
The reason I no longer own a car is that years ago, when I had one I realised I only ever drove it when I went on holiday, the rest of the time it just sat outside the house.
To me, driving to the shops, or driving the kids to school is just preposterous. What SUV's symbolise is that such activity is not preposterous, but rational, which is why I am conflicted.