In message , Andy Hall
writes
On Mon, 6 Mar 2006 22:46:50 -0000, "Doctor Drivel"
wrote:


"Peter Lynch" wrote in message
...
On 2006-03-06, Doctor Drivel wrote:

Yep. When it comes to the weekly pay packet, people will lie, betray
their
principles and tell themselves lies. Look at the local villages who make
their living serving the local squire. They defend the squire and all
the
system that surrounds him to the hilt. The fact is they would be better
off
without him. But they can't see further than the next pay packet.

that's a fairly normal cognitive
dissonance behaviour, you won't
manage to budge it (think: religion).
My favourite are the people who are
fanatical conservationists
until they have kids. Then it's straight
into the 4x4 for school runs.

Usually the MPV, which does make environmental sense when carrying kids and
lots of people.

I have a neighbour with a very expensive 4x4. he justifies it saying it is
environmentally friendly as it only does 2,000 miles a year. I told him to
get a cardboard cut-out and put that next to his house.



Why does he need to justify it? If he can a) afford to run it, b) it
does the job he wants to do and c) he likes it, then that's it.

I think that an increasing number of people are coming to the conclusion
that the above arguments are becoming unacceptable


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geoff