XPost: nyc.announce, nyc.general, nyc.food 
 XPost: nyc.bicycles 
 From: secret.fromyou@freespeech.com 
  
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 "rms1"  wrote: 
 > 
 > 
 > Whomever  wrote in message 
 > news:20031014205208.31010.qmail@nym.alias.net... 
 > > I am happy to report that I have received a response from CVS, 
 > > and they appear willing to compensate me the cost of my car 
 > > being towed from their lot. They claim that the property is not 
 > > theirs but is rented by them, and the towing service works for 
 > > the property owner. They concede that the actions of the towing 
 > > company were "overzealous." 
 > > 
 > > So, Phil, rms1, and all you other apologists for corporate greed 
 > > and bullying, there's a lesson in this for you. Regarding your 
 > > disparaging remarks about my lack of responsibility, I'll be 
 > > laughing at you all the way to the bank when my check from CVS 
 > > arrives! 
 > > 
 > > No doubt none of you would have fought as I did, and you would 
 > > be all the poorer for it - not just financially, but in valuable 
 > > self-esteem. 
 > 
 > Well, I am certainly glad you resolved the situation.  However, to 
 > characterize some of us as "corporate apologists" is utterly ridiculous. 
 > You clearly don't know enough to make this declaration.  But then again, 
 > this is just the kind of generalizing and name-calling we see from some in 
 > Usenet. 
 > 
 > I'm not exactly sure what the purpose of your posting was (is).  This seems 
 > to have been an issue between you and a particular CVS location that was 
 > resolved to your content.  If you were attempting to garner sympathy here, 
 > you really didn't do an effective job.  Presenting a self-righeous 
 attitude, 
 > repeating identical posts for no apparent reason, and insulting other 
 > posters who ask reasonable questions are not very persuasive techniques. 
  
 The duplicate postings were unintentional. 
  
 When one asserts that they are right, one risks appearing self- 
 righteous. 
  
 I didn't intentionally insult anyone, and I apologize to anyone 
 I inadvertently offended. It was annoying to me to be asked 
 questions the answers to which were in what I had already posted. 
  
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