Discrimination.

OK, this really pisses me off. Discrimination. Whether it be against a human as a person, or in my case, cars. I think it is so asnine that people think that just because you own one car brand. That means you cannot own another brand. If you do, they look down on you like you are some kind of freak. If this were a human being we are talking about, would they say the same? probably. Now, I have been fortunat to not have been discriminated against as a person, but if it ever happened. I would be pissed as hell. Just from this one incident with a car. Do I make any sense? or am I just rambeling on...

Welcome to the real world. I get it more from the personal end then a car end. I personally don't have a preference on cars since I'm lucky to own one. While I may rag on cars a lot, point is, you have something to get you from point A to point B. Not a lot of people can say that and have a car. Don't stress what other people think.

No, No you make sense. I never discrimate people or race, but I do look down on Gangs and White Supremecy Groups. As for Cars, I like a few certain brands and don't really care what you drive cause at least it's a car.

I understand that, but to think I am less of a person, because I drive a Infinti, and bought a Honduh? Thats what pisses me off. Well, any discrimination does, but oh well.

Remember, some people not only choose a car because it fits the budget, but people also have personal preference. Sure I'd want a BMW M5, but I'd still be happy with a 1991 325i. It's the brand not the car. That's cause I like BMW. Some people like Honda, I have no problem with that.

ummm....well. I understand that. But If I knew you personally, and you drove a Acura, and I drove a Acura, and you went out and bought a Nissan. Do you think it is fair for me to think you are less of a person, or inferior now because of it?

Uhh. That's too confusing for me. I guess not, but it would heavily depend on the circumstances, if I lost my job or something along those lines, I doubt that you would go up to me and consider me to be inferior. On the other hand I a switch the cars for a model within the same price range, no questions asked. Difficult situation however.

Well, I drive a infiniti, I still have my job, I got a raise, I won 800 bucks in vegas, life is great.

It sounds to me like you have three cars, while some people have none. What kind of discrimination are you expecting based on your car? That the valet won't park your car in front? And whose business is it the succession of the cars you own? Would you worry about moving from a house to an apartment?

Are you starting an automotive anti-defamation association?

Who the fuck are you, coming at me like I am some snobby bitch. I worked hard for my cars. So you can go fuck yourself. Excuse me for being blunt, but that was not even crossing my mind. If you took the time to read what I was saying, maybe you could post a half decent post. I was saying this:

I happen, to like my G20, I have friends, who also drive G20's. Now, when I announced to them that I bought a Honda, one of these so called friends, gets pissed off, and says I am stupid for buying one. He then says he will not cruise with me when I drive it. He has a thing against Hondas. So to me, this is some type of discrimination. Is it not? He basically thinks I am less of a person, for owning another brand of car. Now, I can say I know what it feels like to be discriminated against. Now I have not been discriminated against because of my race, religon, sex, etc. But I feel for the people that have been. Does this make any fucking sense? Huh? Or are you to fucking one minded to understand that? Fuckstick... :flipa:

Whoa! Whoa there Kris! I don't think that he was taking it there. Calm down. He was just pointing out from what I understand, that it shouldn't matter what others think. At least that is what I hope you you were trying to say Silver S2000.

But my thread was not to say I cant handle what others think. I just think it is fucked up to discriminate against others, whether it is for a car, or for the color of your skin.

There is a monsterous difference between discriminating because of race, creed, religion and voicing a dislike for a model of a car. I, do not like the gay lifestyle. I want nothing to do with it. So, I go out of my way to avoid it. Doesnt mean I am discriminating against anyone, I choose to do nothing.

Tollerence and acceptence are to different things.

Originally posted by Kris94G20
But my thread was not to say I cant handle what others think. I just think it is fucked up to discriminate against others, whether it is for a car, or for the color of your skin.

I agree with you on that. But what can you do? People don't listen nowadays and feel insecure or superior to others. If that was a friend of yours and you use to hang out and stuff, by this I mean the person who discriminated against you, then either forget his ass or just ignore him. It's not worth your time trying to reason with people who have no idea what is out there and feel the need to let others feel inferior. Like I said before, the car looks pretty nice, if that red one is the one you bought. Looks like the brunt of the work on it is already done so you have little to do.

Society is selective about which forms of discrimination are deemed acceptable, its one of the (many) things that bugs me.

Originally posted by Lizard King
Society is selective about which forms of discrimination are deemed acceptable, its one of the (many) things that bugs me.



i totally agree. If you look discrimination up in the dictionary, it gives one definition. Not many. Whether it you are discriminated agains for your race, for how wealthy you are, or for the car you drive. It is still a form of discrimination, and that is what my post was about. I think it really sucks.

Originally posted by DVSNCYNIKL
He was just pointing out from what I understand, that it shouldn't matter what others think.
Yes, exactly.

You didn't explain until after my post that it was about a friend of yours. It wasn't clear to me, despite your Acura/Nissan allegory, what effect "car discrimination" was going to have on you.

Seriously, if your friend is going to sweat over what make car you own, not even necesarily drive, since you still have the G20, you should tell that friend to take a flying leap.

And, I was trying to be funny. I use humor to deal with a lot of my problems. I didn't expect a lit match to be jammed up my pee-hole!

Hey KB,

Does this have anything to do with your post in the G20 forum about your "other" car?

same car, but not the same person.

All the people i work with own german or some form of gm car.
When I bought a 95 mustang gt as a fuel economy car as oposed to my
near 9 mpg 71 plymouth sattelite they say i went from redneck to white trash:eek:
But i dont take them seriously because out of all the cars there my sattelite is the most dependable and the mustang is the newest of all the cars:finger:

initial d brings up probably the oldest and best known form of automotive discrimination. In recent years, this disease has spread to many other brands of autos. We must avoid it like the plague.

yeah, like that will happen.

I think the kind of shit talkin of other brands is usually all in good fun. When I've been to car shows with my old Ford, you'll get Chevy guys coming up to you " Oh look at this...Oh just a POS Ford" but they're smilin, and droolin all over the car and askin you about it.
And I do the same to... well... there aren't too many Chevys worth droolin over..:evillaugh

It's like those stickers on people's cars with someone pissin on the logo of the car brand they hate.

I'm not sayin I get all this stuff, especially those stickers, whats up with that?
And I'm not sayin I'm a Ford guy, There's also a 64 Caddy slowly dieing in my driveway, I just gotta get off my lazy ass and get it runnin.

Yes, laughing and joking at someone for the car they drive,(and secretly drooling over it, because it is nice) that is all in good fun. But, for a so called "friend" to say he will not hang around when I drive my civic, thats messed up on his part IMHO. I was just merely stating the fact, that discrimination, whether it is for a car, or the color fo your skin, is out of place. I dont really care whether YOU think I am stupid for driving a Honduh, but for what I thought was a close friend, some one I know, someone I hang out with, someone I used to go party with, tell me I am stupid for driving a different brand of car. Thats what I call fucked up.

Originally posted by Initial D
All the people i work with own german or some form of gm car.
When I bought a 95 mustang gt as a fuel economy car as oposed to my
near 9 mpg 71 plymouth sattelite they say i went from redneck to white trash:eek:
But i dont take them seriously because out of all the cars there my sattelite is the most dependable and the mustang is the newest of all the cars:finger:

Just call those elitist idiots krauts and see how they like it back. Your cars are far cooler than any German car.

Originally posted by Kris94G20
but for what I thought was a close friend, some one I know, someone I hang out with, someone I used to go party with, tell me I am stupid for driving a different brand of car. Thats what I call fucked up.

Hey - your friend might be a total asshole and you need to pick your friends more wisely, but I find the term "car descrimination" completely laughable. Political Correctness finds another victim. I participate in "food discrimination" all the time because I refuse to eat head cheese. Add "soda discrimination" because I dont want anything to do with diet pop. Also put in "dumb fuck discrimination" because I find dumb fuckers not worth my time.

Originally posted by YogsVR4


Hey - your friend might be a total asshole and you need to pick your friends more wisely, but I find the term "car descrimination" completely laughable. Political Correctness finds another victim. I participate in "food discrimination" all the time because I refuse to eat head cheese. Add "soda discrimination" because I dont want anything to do with diet pop. Also put in "dumb fuck discrimination" because I find dumb fuckers not worth my time.


Well...laugh all you want. Go look up discrimination up in the Dictionary, and come back and tell me what it says.

Discrimination - The act of discriminating, distinguishing, or noting and marking differences. "To make an anxious discrimination between the miracle absolute and providential."

So according to the dictionary - descrimination is not a bad thing at all. Looks like you're getting all bent out of shape because your buddy has descriminating taste.

Originally posted by YogsVR4
Discrimination - The act of discriminating, distinguishing, or noting and marking differences. "To make an anxious discrimination between the miracle absolute and providential."

So according to the dictionary - descrimination is not a bad thing at all. Looks like you're getting all bent out of shape because your buddy has descriminating taste.



Well, first off, this post was put up about discrimination, whether it was for a car, or for your race. According to the dictionary from this site here (http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=discrimination) discrimination means more than your fantasy land answer.

Fantasy Land? What fucking drugs are you taking?!? Websters is not a fucking fantasy land. The web site you sent me has it listed as the second set (after the American Heritage version). Read the damn thing. Even the first set has the same definitions.

1. The act of discriminating.
2 The ability or power to see or make fine distinctions; discernment.

You're looking at there third definition
3. Treatment or consideration based on class or category rather than individual merit; partiality or prejudice: racial discrimination; discrimination against foreigners.

In fact the only thing your narrow eyes saw was the last piece of that definition "prejudice" and then you saw the example, which is the only example they gave. "racial discrimination; discrimination against foreigners."

Perhaps the term "discriminating taste" is something you might recognize. So, to your way of thinking, that means that your own taste buds are being discriminatory to the flavor of the food. You should distance yourself from your tase buds for acting in such a fasion.

Fantasy land indeed. Discrimination based on a car. What a insult to those who truely face discrimination. If you truely feel that way, I will have to say that is the most pathetic thing I have ever read about on this board and it is truely sad.

What I was saying about your fantasy land asnwer, is you only posted what you wanted, not the whole page. Discrimination is discrimination, no matter how you look at it. If you bothered reading the rest of my posts, I said earlier. I have been lucky to have not been discriminated against for my race, but I feel for for those that have. Just by this one incident. Lets put it in human terms. Lets say I have a white family, and I decide to adopt a child from another race. When we do that, someone in our social group says they do not want anything to do with us anymore because of that. Is that not discrimination? Its basically the same thing, is it not? This post was not to say that car discrimintaion is what pisses me off, but discrimination towards a person in general. You said "So according to the dictionary - descrimination is not a bad thing at all." Does that mean you agree with this? If you bothered paying attention, you would know that In fact the only thing MY narrow eyes was talking about was the last last piece of that definition "prejudice" and that was the example, I was trying to give. It makes no sense going into a post, posting something of a definition, that has nothing to do with the topic. I am also glad that you think it is pathetic. It makes me happy. Happy to know, that something that happened to me, made me somewhat aware of what is out there. Yeah, i have never stopped to think about discrimination before, until this, does that make me a bad person? I must be, or better yet, I must be pathetic. So go ahead, keep calling me pathetic, and live your happy littel life.

I have read your posts. I have also read your posts on other threads. I did not consider you to be a blithering idiot. Yes, your attempt to equate what happened with your car and real discrimination is a complete joke. Because it made you think about discrimination is wonderful for you I suppose, but that does not mean that the logic you used had any validity.

As for the "happy little life" comment. I have only called your comments pathetic, not you. If you want to really degrade this into a pissing contest, I am more then game.

oh please,:rolleyes: don't you have something else better to complain about??:bloated: like why is one of my eyes bigger than the other?????????? ah ha ha ha ha!:silly2:

I'm likin' this, I just got some Soda and Popcorn, let the games begin!