Date:         Thu, 9 Mar 2006 22:59:41 -0500
Reply-To:     Nathaniel Everett Daniels <nate_daniels@SPEAKEASY.NET>
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From:         Nathaniel Everett Daniels <nate_daniels@SPEAKEASY.NET>
Subject:      Re: New VW Commercials
Comments: To: Robert Rountree <syncro87@HOTMAIL.COM>
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For the love of...   This has nothing to do with commercials.   Are the
VW fast commecials stupid?  Yes.  Are people stupid?  Yes.  Does
everyone do everything they see in commercials?  No.  Even if we didn't
have commercials showing us that it's cool to drive fast, would people
do it?  Absolutely.

-Nate Daniels


Robert Rountree wrote:

> This is where....... FAST........ will get you.
>
> Last week-end my neighbour was pushing snow out the end of his secluded
> country driveway with his bobcat. He was T-boned by a speeding
> snowmobiler.
>
> Speed Kills   and in this case left, a widow, 2 fatherless children,
> and a
> seriously traumatized nice old man.
>
> Cars can not safely do what they show in TV commercials... when will
> we stop
> being lied too?
>
> Or is there anyone left who's still got any smarts left after so much
> Reality TV?
>
>>> Date:    Wed, 8 Mar 2006 13:46:05 -0800
>>
> From:    Anthony Egeln <regnsuzanne@YAHOO.COM>
> Subject: Re: New VW Commercials
>
>>>> I wouldn't over-think this one.  Since the dawn of time young men have
>>>> enjoyed
>>>
> going fast....whether it be on a horse or a high performance jet
> aircraft.
> As
> far as speeding goes, if you act irresponsibly behind the wheel, you
> go to
> jail.
> That doesn't preclude driving fast for fun on secluded country,
> mountain or
> desert roads.
>
>> From someone well past fast but still able to remember........
>
> Anthony
> '89 Syncro GL (Hidalgo)
>
>