You don’t get to choose your race, ethnicity, or sexuality. There is nothing you can do about it, no matter how hard some people try. Most people didn’t really “choose” their religion, it’s they way they were brought up.
Buying a Hummer is a waste of money, but trashing one is just as stupid. Four huge tires are going to end up in a landfill, and that is not going to save the planet. It takes energy to create new auto glass, and that will increase greenhouse gases. No one really wants to know about the chemicals involved in a paint job, or all cars would be unpainted.
No one involved in this incident had more than two active neurons firing.
]]>when i wrote that comment i really meant it to read: [7] welllll… hate crime. [/7], but i’m reminded of what happened to my next-door neighbors years ago. what looked at first like a random mailbox bashing eventually escalated into persecution and death threats, all because a middle class black family had the audacity to buy a house in a middle class all-white [up until then] neighborhood.
after that i pretty much relegated mailbox bashing, windshield breaking, keying, house rolling, etc [i’ve survived all those] to the same box of worries as living in hurricane alley. take sensible precautions to protect your stuff, get insurance if you can’t afford a catastrophic loss, and get over it.
yeah yeah, i know, that insurance thingy, it’s getting more difficult every year to find reputable insurance.
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