kat,
Not everyone in here is participating in the flame wars. There seem to
be three or four of them. Most of the people here could care less about
which Mini you drive, they love them both! The sad thing is that
newbies will post here looking for simple advice, and they get flamed
for things like:
a) being American
b) being British
c) driving a MINI
d) calling a MINI a BINI
e) calling a MINI a Mini
f) responding to a previous flame
g) being too liberal
h) not being liberal enough
i) asking a MINI question in a Mini forum
j) posting a Mini link in a MINI forum
k) collecting the wrong type of model cars
etc., etc...
By the way, all of my examples have actually happened, either here or in
alt.autos.mini. Personally, I don't care what anyone's nationality is,
what their political views are, what their religious beliefs are...
These things should have no bearing on the discussion in this newsgroup,
namely the MINI. Hell, even if you drive a Yugo you should still feel
free to talk about the MINI in here. That's the point of this
newsgroup, right?
Charlie (dauph59)
hep kat wrote:
> What the **** is wrong with you people? I thought the elections out here
> in California were ridiculous, but that's nothing compared to the
> constantly mud-slinging and blathering around here. I have no idea what
> or why you people claw out at each other, nor do I care. I drive the
> newer make of MINI, or BINI, because I like them. Big deal, eh? Since I
> don't live in the UK or have a lot of money, I bought the car because I
> love it. What? All Americans are supposed to buy and drive
> *****-extending Hummers?
> And now...I look in here to see what bugs the car has, the hidden "hey,
> it can do this," and get ideas on car care and maintenance. And what's
> here now? Post after post after post from people pretending to be
> someone else (how beautifully ironic in the MINI vs BINI war), and
> paranoid ramblings. I thought the Bush administration was embarrassing
> and pathetic, but you folks are right up there with them.
> Don't you think this little flame war has reached a point of burn-out?
> Really, it's just a car.
>
>
>
> kat
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