I can't stand it anymore

"wiffleballtony" (wiffleballtony) 10/07/2015 at 18:19 • Filed to: None

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Every single time there is an article on the VW emissions debacle on the FP there is always someone who compares it to the GM ignition incompetence debacle. Seriously just stop. If you can’t grasp the difference I am going to spell it out right now. It’s not a delineation between the EPA and the NHTSA. It’s not foreign vs domestic. It’s that people don’t care about other people. People care about polar bears. And ground owls. Think about it, what is the overriding take away from Al Gore’s hypocritical movie? Polar bears stranded on small ice bergs. Not little Timmy with an inhaler. Unless there are confirmed cases of GM cars running over seal pups it’s not as big of a deal as VWs alleged purposeful genocide of cute coke drinking polar bears.

Textured Soy Protein > wiffleballtony 10/07/2015 at 18:27

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Sam > wiffleballtony 10/07/2015 at 18:28

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These are facts.

But really, it’s down to intent to commit, versus accidentally committing. Simple as that. If you conspire to cheat the system, you are punished worse than if you make an error by being too cheap.

AMC/Renauledge > Sam 10/07/2015 at 18:34

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THIS

wiffleballtony > Textured Soy Protein 10/07/2015 at 18:37

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That escalated quickly!

wiffleballtony > Sam 10/07/2015 at 18:38

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Sure, that’s what’s going on if you want to use logic.

Svend > Sam 10/07/2015 at 18:42

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I’d say it was (VW) intent to cheat a system knowing it may cause harm and (GM) accidentally causing a problem, learning and knowing about it and failure to rectify it.

Both are essentially as bad as each other in their thirst for profits over concern for it’s customers but one was intentional and the other accidental.

Sam > Svend 10/07/2015 at 18:47

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Yeah, it’s like premeditated murder (VW) vs. not changing the tires on a car, causing it to crash.

Steve in Manhattan > wiffleballtony 10/07/2015 at 20:27

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Al Gore was right. And all of it is bad. Crazy flooding just killed a bunch of people in South Carolina. We owe it to future generations to fix it. The air, the whole mess.