19 Jul 2007

Car Lynching in Suburbia

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You know you’re living in one of our national centers of higher ethical culture and enlightenment when the neighbors take baseball bats to your new car.

Washington Post:

On a narrow, leafy street in Northwest Washington, where Prius hybrid cars and Volvos are the norm, one man bought a flashy gray Hummer that was too massive to fit in his garage.

So he parked the seven-foot-tall behemoth on the street in front of his house and smiled politely when his eco-friendly neighbors looked on in disapproval at his “dream car.”

It lasted five days on the street before two masked men took a bat to every window, a knife to each 38-inch tire and scratched into the body: “FOR THE ENVIRON.”

“The thought of somebody vandalizing it never crossed my mind,” said Gareth Groves, 32, who lives with his mother in a three-story home in the 4300 block of Brandywine Street NW in American University Park. “I’ve kind of been in shock.”

Now, as Groves ponders what to do with the remains of his $38,000 SUV, he has been the target of a number of people who have driven by the crime scene in his upscale neighborhood and glared at him in smug satisfaction.

“I’d say one in five people who come by have that ‘you-got-what-you-deserve’ look,” said his friend Andy Sexton, 27, who is visiting from Arkansas and has been helping Groves deal with fallout from the crime.

Neighbor Lucille Liem, 37, who owns a Prius hybrid, said that a common sentiment in the neighborhood is that large vehicles are impractical and a strain on the Earth — and Hummers in particular are a symbol of consumer excess.

“The neighborhood in general is very concerned with the environment,” said Liem, whose Prius gets about 48 miles a gallon compared with the Hummer’s 14 miles a gallon. “It’s more liberal leaning. It’s ridiculous to be driving a Hummer.”

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Dominique R. Poirier

If I could, the softest punishment I would give to those terrorists would be to force them to ride forever in Messerschmitt KR175 without any possibility to change for any other means of transportation, without regard for distance.

Here is the car of their dreams:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_KR175

It can get very hot under this car’s canopy during summer, allegedly; but I am pretty sure it is a very “green” car, at least.



Wade

What will be the “carbon footprint” of this vandalism? Take into consideration the number of man hours and travel time for workers to repair the damage. Projected factory energy cost to replace the windows, tint, lights, and tires. The news van driving out to location. The electricity of me reading this pathitic act. These eco thugs just about sent us over the edge of planitary balance.



cargosquid

Just think, now he has to get ANOTHER Hummer. The vandals doubled the “pollution.” Also, that Hummer can last to upwards of 300K miles while that Prius will last about 100K miles. How many acid filled lead batteries does that take to match the Hummer? Just think how much sulfur-laden coal is burned to support all of those “green” cars. Remember, “there’s no such thing as a free lunch.”



mary Fuckenstein

a car cannot be lynched because it is not a human being. this monstrosity of a car was vandalized, and while i would not do such a thing, i am envious of those who have the balls to do it.



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