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   Message 7,858 of 8,693   
   Mike Helm to All   
   Re: All Sorts of Whackos Drive SUVs   
   05 Mar 04 20:17:40   
   
   XPost: us.talk.headline-news, alt.travel, alt.law-enforcement.traffic   
   XPost: rec.autos.driving   
   From: mhelm@not.known   
      
   On Mon, 1 Mar 2004 22:05:17 -0500, "James C. Reeves"   
      
      
   >   
   >"Paul"  wrote in message   
   >news:NaR0c.965$Tn.663@bignews5.bellsouth.net...   
   >|   
   >| "Le Mod Pol"  wrote in message   
   >news:4043DC52.3FCAF6E@igs.net...   
   >| > Maui SUV fire delays Hawaii air traffic   
   >| >   
   >| >   
   >| > HONOLULU, March 1 (UPI) -- Passengers who spent an   
   >| > unscheduled night in Maui due to a bizarre vehicle fire   
   >| > at the island's airport were arranging travel back to   
   >| > the Mainland Monday.   
   >| >   
   >| > The airport was closed for much of Sunday after a local   
   >| > man drove his Dodge Durango into the open-air ticket   
   >| > lobby of Kahului Airport and set the back seat of the   
   >| > SUV on fire.   
   >|   
   >| So it would have been OK if he used a subcompact and a block of C4 instead   
   of   
   >a SUV   
   >| and a match?   
   >|   
   >| --   
   >| Paul   
   >|   
   >   
   >Huh??  The point that was made was that it wasn't someone in a subcompact...it   
   >was someone in a SUV.  The implication of "Le Mod Pol"'s post (using   
   >association) is that someone in a subcompact wouldn't do such a thing in the   
   >1st place, but a SUV driver would.   
      
   It's all what you read into it.  I think it probably has more to do with   
   it being a Dodge.  I drove a Durango once and if I owned one, I'd want   
   to die too.   
      
   >  Which obviously is a ridiculous assertion.   
   >However, no where in the post do I read the thought or idea that it would be   
   OK   
   >in either case (car or SUV)!  Not sure where you came up with that.  You've   
   got   
   >to brush up on the 'ole reading comprehension skills!   
   >   
      
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