<VV> On imbecils and ... letter to moderator of column

[Charles Lee]

Perhaps, as members of a car club who are more concerned with the families 
involved in this tragedy, we can post our own response.

Does it have to be the BoD ? (If they will fine, that would be great of 
them, but if not, we can ?)

BTW,

How did "Car enthusiast" know it was a Cobalt ? It's not mentioned in the 
article.  Maybe he was a friend of the drunk, or another drunk who needs to 
blame anyone but himself ?

I didn't post another response, but I just sent a letter to the moderator of 
the column, asking them to remove that insensitive response.

(Previously, a well-meaning neighbor of the victim offered to help the 
family and naively posted her phone number.
I asked the moderator to redact the phone number before someone took 
advantage of her good nature, and they removed it.)

My letter to the moderator :
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Dear moderator :
Please remove the insensitive remarks made by 'Car enthusiast' from this 
post, in the name of anything decent.
For him to blame that poor man's wife's death on his choice of cars is 
downright mean-spirited to me and I'm sure, to other readers as well.
It may just be that he was a friend of the drunk, or one himself, to blame 
the driver for that terrible tragedy.
The article does not say the other car was a Cobalt SS? How did he know that 
?
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Let's see if they remove it ?



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Secular" <rusecular at yahoo.com>
To: "corvairs" <corvairs at pacifier.com>; <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 6:07 PM
Subject: <VV> On imbecils and...


>
>  Imbecilic remarks regarding the Corvair?! hmmm...imagine that !
>
>  Oddly enough, the "high IQ" remark on that site has not received
>  so much as a simple link for a rebuttal:
>
>  http://www.corvaircorsa.com/handling01.html
>
>  I know you're no longer in the BoD, but how arduous is it for that body 
> to
>  come up with a simple letter addressed to:
>
>  http://www.wsbt.com/inside
>
>
>    Dear Sir or Madam:
>
>    My name is [........] and I'm currently the president of the Corvair 
> Society
>    of America. The tragic news of the lady killed in the Lincoln Way East
>    collision, published at:
>
>    http://www.wsbt.com/news/local/27049459.html
>
>    Has truly saddened all of our members. We are, through numerous
>    channels, trying to convey our deepest and most heart-felt condolences
>    to the family of the deceased.
>
>    Viewing some of the comments and remarks posted at your website in
>    reaction to that tragedy, discloses an aspect of the public opinion 
> which
>    could only root in a gross misunderstanding regarding the car and
>    insensitivity pertaining the plight of it's late driver.
>
>    Please convey the message to the family of the deceased that our
>    organization would gladly provide them all material, technical data,
>    etc., at its disposal to assist them and/or their defense lawyer
>    in their upcoming legal issues.
>
>    Regards,
>
>
>
>
>  ------
>
>  Somehow I know I'm gonna get the usual off-list emails ranging
>  from; take it up with the BoD, this is BoD bashing, we should fry the
>  other driver, and on and on and on...
>
>
>  Tony Irani
>
>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>
>  From: corvairs
>  To: kcvair at netscape.com
>  Cc: Charles Lee ; virtualvairs at corvair.org ; Wrsssatty at aol.com
>  Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 6:22 PM
>  Subject: Re: <VV> That fatal crash: Did we know the Ragsdales? Sad day, 
> from any perspective
>
>
>  We first have to wonder why someone would even take the time to write
>  such an imbecillic remark. One could casually make such a remark about
>  any pre-federal safety car in passing - but to use it in conjunction
>  with a deadly accident where an innocent person is killed by a boozy
>  pinhead seems over the top. What could his burning motive be? Defense
>  council for the booze-hound perhaps?  Lon wall
>  >
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