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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!van-bc!cs.ubc.ca!mala.bc.ca!oneb!nuts!happy!bcrock
  2. Newsgroups: bc.general
  3. Subject: Re: Car culture
  4. Message-ID: <ykuLuB2w165w@happy.nuts.almanac.bc.ca>
  5. From: bcrock@happy.nuts.almanac.bc.ca (Brad Crockett)
  6. Date: Sat, 21 Nov 92 11:56:33 PST
  7. References: <1992Nov22.014220.17027@cs.sfu.ca>
  8. Organization: 'Happy' in Duncan, BC, Canada
  9. Keywords: cars, public transit, SkyTrain
  10. Lines: 16
  11.  
  12. jstrickl@cs.sfu.ca (James Strickland) writes:
  13.  
  14. > I find this ad disgusting.  The ad implies that people only take
  15. > the SkyTrain because they don't have a car, which is quite a
  16. > regressive view of public transit. (ie well, I guess you have to have
  17. > public transit for all those poor sods who can't drive).
  18.  
  19. It's the nature of the beast.  Marketing is driven be creating
  20. dissatisfactions in the target market - be they real or imagined.
  21.  
  22. I agree, it's disgusting!
  23.  
  24.  
  25. Brad Crockett, Duncan, British Columbia, Canada
  26. INTERNET: bcrock@happy.nuts.almanac.bc.ca
  27.      CIS: 72570,2154
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