I appreciate Lanny's spirited rebuttal, but surely he realizes that he does not represent the typical SUV owner/driver. The vast majority of SUV owners have no practical purpose for owning such a vehicle, they buy them purely as status symbols. For the most part they are also blissfully ignorant regarding the environmental damage they are doing everytime they pull out of the driveway. That is the point.

Orlando Schwartz wrote:

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A few days ago this topics list had an editorial that seemed to blame all of the
problems of western civilization of SUV's.  It has taken me a few days to
formulate a rebuttal.  For impact this is a bit of a bare knuckles reply, but
hang on to the main point at the end.  I've copy the original editorial below if
you missed it.  LS

SUVism, A New Hate Crime?
By Lanny Schwartz

 I've owned a SUV for the last 30 years.  I've explored fascinating desert
backroads and marveled at elk in a remote meadow of the Rockies.

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