perhaps i understand the problem now
Perhaps you're not listening closely.
When I say "Maybe you don't need an automobile," and you hear, "Maybe
you can live your present selfish and unplanned lifestyle without the
crutch it's built around," -- that's evidence that you must have axle
grease in your ears.
I am fairly certain that you can't, actually, continue to live your
car-addicted lifestyle and give up your automobile addiction. You also
can't give up snorting cocaine and still snort cocaine -- that doesn't
make sense. But I am also certain that you might very well not need
that automobile. Maybe you just need to embrace the fact that a better
life, free of automobile addiction, is not only feasible, but also
rewarding, and perhaps even exemplary.
And before you start your whining about how hard it would be, I offer:
YOU'RE NOT A BABY, QUIT YOUR WHINING AND BUCK UP.
Walk. Ride a bike. Take the bus. Carpool. Vanpool. Just leave the
goddamn car at home!
