Are we still allowed to spank them? I hope so.
Bill
On 14 Dec 1998 Shaun.Hendricks@bergenbrunswig.com wrote:
> (Place tongue firmly in cheek before reading)
>
> Ya know... I'm not sure I go for all that heckling of the Ranger crowd. I
> mean, not out of any kind of chivlary or anything, but geeze guys, can't you
> pick on someone that can defend themselves? Some of those comments were,
> well, less than consolationary. I mean it's bad enough that they're stuck
> with a crappy underpowered truck, and they blindly listen to Ford's own ad
> campaigns, but now they have the midsize crowd pummling them. I'm not sure if
> that's all that fair. Yes, you could probably toss a whole Ranger in the bed
> of a Dakota and still beat another one in a drag race, but that doesn't
> justify wailing on them for the garbage they chose to waste money on.
> It's kinda like that "I just bought a Dakota V8" guy who thinks he did but
> found out it was only a can of mixed vegtable juice from a convienence store
> in Fargo, ND. I'd have the same reaction to, "Hey, this stuff is shit! I
> didn't want a V8 after all!". He just wasn't serious enough to separate
> fantasy from reality. In his fantasies he'd wished he'd bought a Dakota but
> woke up and found himself in a Ranger and was so disappointed he blamed it on
> the Dakota. I mean we all know he didn't really buy one, because only an
> ABSOLUTE TOTAL MORON would buy a vehicle he never test drove. I don't think
> anyone is that dumb, so my other explanation is the only one that makes sense.
> You have to feel sorry for these people, not antagonize them. It kinda makes
> us bullies, don'tcha think? Just some food for those with a conscience...
>
> (Big Grin)
>
> Shaun H.
>
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