XPost: nyc.announce, nyc.general, nyc.food 
 XPost: nyc.bicycles 
 From: rms1@my-deja.com 
  
 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. 
  
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