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<DIV>Having had a car only since September 2007, I have never thought of it as a
she. I have thought of it as an it. Financially, it is a black hole, but at 40%
the cost of a Prius, and getting me 38 mpg on a trip to South Carolina and back,
I can't complain too loud.</DIV>
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<DIV>Siarlys</DIV>
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<DIV>P.S. In the spirit of modern American political spin, I can now say that a
representative sampling of American Christians and Jews responded to the recent
news from California that it just goes to show, owning a car is like having a
second wife.</DIV>
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<DIV>On Sun, 18 May 2008 14:05:45 -0700 "Discussion of the Good, Clean Funnies
List" <<A href="mailto:gcfl-discuss@gcfl.net">gcfl-discuss@gcfl.net</A>>
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<DIV>My grandpa always referred to cars as a black hole. Or an Evil
Necessity.<BR><BR>~Lance<BR></DIV><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 2:01 PM, Discussion of the
Good, Clean Funnies List <<A
href="mailto:gcfl-discuss@gcfl.net">gcfl-discuss@gcfl.net</A>> wrote:<BR>
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late father, describing the expenses that come with car ownership,<BR>always
said it was like having a second wife. And doesn't everyone<BR>refer
to a car as "she"?<BR><BR>greenBubble<BR>
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latest high-profile<BR>decision from the Supreme Court of
California,<BR><BR>or even if nobody wants to hear it at all (that's what
DELETE buttons<BR>were made for)...<BR><BR>It seems to me that the political
operatives who wrapped themselves in<BR>some semblance of Jesus and made
"The Homosexual Agenda" a loud, if<BR>hollow, political issue, have set up
the current run of decisions, from<BR>Massachusetts to
California.<BR><BR>How?<BR><BR>The debate was shaped to give credence to the
existence of distinct<BR>classes referenced as "homosexuals" and
"heterosexuals." In fact, there<BR>are no such classes. There are men, and
there are women. Most men find<BR>women attractive mates. Most women find
men attractive mates. Some men<BR>find men attractive, and some women find
women attractive.<BR><BR>Nobody wrote marriage laws to "allow" heterosexuals
to marry, or<BR>"forbid"<BR>homosexuals to marry. These "classes" didn't
even register on anyone's<BR>radar screen when marriage laws were written.
Homosexuality was a desire<BR>or an act, not a class of people. Naturally,
the nature of the act<BR>requires people who share the desire to find each
other, but that does<BR>not make them a legally protected class.<BR><BR>Once
the notion of distinct classes is accepted, application of
Equal<BR>Protection of the Laws is almost inevitable. If the notion that
there is<BR>a class of people called "homosexuals" is demolished, then the
whole<BR>legal argument falls apart.<BR><BR>If anyone had asked me, this
argument probably could have swung one or<BR>two justices, but nobody did.
Next we will have an argument that men<BR>have<BR>the right to marry their
cars, and women have the right to marry their<BR>cars
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