[Spridgets] Religion and Spridgets List

Timothy H. Collins thcollin at mtu.edu
Wed Jun 20 13:51:00 MDT 2007


I am not of the Catholic religion persuasion, but I was perusing the 
latest document from Rome on the "Guidelines on Pastoral Care of the 
Road." This section caught my eye among many. Looks like we are all 
in trouble for breaking this commandment! Rome must have had this 
list in mind since it specifically refers to the "not so young." I 
think if one reads between the lines, this includes all mention of 
"lap times" too. LOL

Vanity and personal glorification

26. Cars particularly lend themselves to being used by their owners 
to show off, and as a means for outshining other people and arousing 
a feeling of envy. People thus identify themselves with their cars 
and project assertion of their egos onto them. When we praise our 
cars we are, in fact, praising ourselves, because they belong to us 
and, above all, we drive them. Many motorists, including the not so 
young, boast with great pleasure of records broken and high speeds 
achieved, and it is easy to see that they cannot stand being 
considered as bad drivers, even though they may acknowledge that they are.

Tim Collins
1966 AH Sprite 


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