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 3400 block of Brandywine Street NW in American University Park. "I've kind of been in shock."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/17/AR2007071701808_pf.html
2007-07-18 08:56:54 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
And with DCs gun laws he cant do anything to fight back either. If he moved to say Texas where he could pop the dudes just for being in his driveway, he probably wouldn't have to worry about it being vandalized
2007-07-18 09:01:27 · answer #1 · answered by dr strangelove 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Destruction of private property is a crime, no question, and merely /owning/ a large Stupid Useless Vehicle doesn't automatically damage the environment (commuting 40 miles to work in Prius burns more gas than commuting 10 in an SUV, or, what, 2 1/2 in a hummer), but I'm still having trouble mustering much sympathy for the guy who bought an insanely expensive vehicle that was too big to /fit in his garage/.
That's taking conspicuous consumption a little too far.
2007-07-18 09:06:08 · answer #2 · answered by B.Kevorkian 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have a hard time feeling sympathy for someone who spends so much on a car and lives with his mom. the guy said that he bought it because he's starting an 'image based' business. maybe he should be going for a different image. maybe one as a caring individual instead of a greedy 'look at me' image. people need to realize that we have to work together and sacrifice image to help fix global warming. as wrong as it is destroying his property i'll admit that i've fantisized about doing it myself yet i refrain from doing so. still i feel no sympathy for him.
2007-07-18 11:11:28 · answer #3 · answered by Bill W 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some people in Washington destroyed someone's car?
Well that does it. I'm voting Republican. and now I support the Iraq war.
and torture.
2007-07-19 07:15:28 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋