XPost: nyc.announce, nyc.general, nyc.food 
 XPost: nyc.bicycles 
 From: secret.fromyou@freespeech.com 
  
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 Phil  wrote: 
 > 
 > On Tue, 14 Oct 2003 22:07:43 +0000 (GMT), Whomever 
 >  wrote: 
 > 
 > >Sour grapes, Phil? 
 > 
 > Sour grapes?  I'd have to believe you in order for sour grapes.  And 
 > you're so full of shit that you're staining your hat. 
  
 Hmm - uncontrolled hostility. Yes, sour grapes! 
  
 > If the president of CVS agreed to pay you, he would be setting a very 
 > dangerous precedent.  Anytime some idiot wrote a letter demanding 
 > money because they felt wronged (without going to court or providing 
 > any proof), the company might feel obligated to pay. 
  
 It is obvious that _I_ am not the idiot here, as I have 
 prevailed and won justice in the form of monetary compensation. 
 I DID send proof; towing receipts. I commend CVS on their TAKING 
 RESPONSIBILITY for this, as they admit that the tow truck driver 
 was "overzealous," and indeed are going to modify their policies 
 re. parking enforcement. As things are, anyone that leaves a 
 prescription to be filled and comes back 15 minutes later has a 
 chance of finding they've been carnapped. They recognize that 
 fact, and do not want it to happen in the future. 
  
 > No corporate president got to where he is by giving away company 
 > money. 
  
 And many have gone to jail for maximizing their profits in 
 unscrupulous ways. But that doesn't bother you, does it? You 
 simply can't stand it when an individual stands up to the 
 bullies and wins. Is it true you were once a police officer? If 
 so, it's a damn good thing you no longer are. I can imagine how 
 you would treat people. Were you a bully as a kid? 
  
 > >You really didn't want me to win, because my doing so shows 
 > >there may be some fallacies in the rigid conservative viewpoint 
 > >you seem to have been indoctrinated with. 
 > > 
 > >If you WOULD have fought as I did, you are a hypocrite in 
 > >telling me that I was wrong. 
 > > 
 > >If you would NOT have fought as I did, you would be a loser not 
 > >by the actions of others, but due to your own inaction beased on 
 > >your beliefs about "responsibility." 
 > 
 > I would not have parked illegally.  That's my belief on 
 > 'responsibility.' 
  
 Good for you. But would you complain if your tires were slashed 
 for it? The cost would be comparable to that of being towed, and 
 the penalty just as out of proportion to the violation. 
  
 > >Learn from this - its never too late to re-examine one's beliefs 
 > >and become a better person by doing so. 
 > 
 > Somehow, I doubt you learned to act responsibly from this. 
  
 I most certainly did, but not quite by your definition of 
 responsibility. I once again proved that with intelligence, 
 perseverence, and courage, a citizen can fight a huge 
 corporation that has wronged him and win. That's called holding 
 them to their RESPONSIBILITY to respect and be fair with those 
 whose patronage they profit from. 
  
 As far as parking goes, yes, I will be more careful in the 
 future. I'm getting my towing money back, but no additional 
 compensation for the hassles I've gone through. But a mere 
 sticker on my car window would have had the same effect, so 
 money was the obvious motive for the towing. 
  
 > This whole matter is a great example of what is wrong with this 
 > country. 
 > 
 > Phil 
  
 I've never felt more proud to be an American! 
  
 You should move to Singapore, Phil - you would LOVE to brutalize 
 people for trivial violations as they do there, wouldn't you? It 
 wouldn't surprise me if you actually have done so, if you were a 
 cop. 
  
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