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Good Old Neon

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  1. Flying consumes more fuel than most Humvee drivers would in a lifetime
  2. And if the Passat driver took public transportation
  3. lol - brilliant. (no sarcasm intended or implied.)
  4. I was well aware - I'm familiar with sarcasm - I guess you're not.
  5. Alright, look, it was funny ok - and appreciated - but I'm trying to be grumpy over here is all.
  6. Your welcome : ) The Japanese were responsible for many deaths
  7. I would understand if the band were huge VW fans
  8. Yeah, but, it's a VW - so, it's ok. Humvee bad - VW - good.
  9. I will correct the mistakes - but I find it telling that you chose to attack my grammar - and not what was said.
  10. Someone here mentioned that at least they did not sell the song to Hummer
  11. I bought the Echo based on its fuel efficiency
  12. Do memories, lives and families ruined count? Perhaps your perspective would be changed if you were in some way affected.
  13. "Nope. And to suggest otherwise is really reaching. The name has persisted, but nothing else." Who said that?
  14. You, with one swipe of your hand, erased Volkswagen
  15. That social responsibility you mentioned
  16. Oh good, the victims and their families will be so relieved
  17. So history, and a companies place within it is of no consequence as well? The company exists today because of that slave labor and its association with the Nazi party - doesn't that matter even just a little bit? Who gives a fuck right - I mean, Wilco's on TV - what better way to enjoy them than during a Wheel of Fortune commerical break - right? Or right after that Paris Hilton McDonald's or whatever ad - it's no big deal.
  18. "Volkswagen acknowledges the use of forced labor during the war. The company exploited an estimated 17,000 to 20,000 slave workers at its Wolfsburg plant to make military vehicles and munitions during the war, Mr. Graef said. Volkswagen, which already has been threatened with a lawsuit by a German attorney over unpaid wages for slave laborers, next month is expected to establish a "humanitarian fund" for victims of slave labor. The volume of funds to be dispensed will be decided at a Sept. 11 board meeting and will be independent of any government-sponsored fund." - International Herald Tri
  19. World News Briefs; Volkswagen Faces Suit Over Jewish Slave Labor *Please Note: Archive articles do not include photos, charts or graphics. More information. June 13, 1998, Saturday (By The New York Times); Foreign Desk Late Edition - Final, Section A, Page 5, Column 1, 302 words DISPLAYING ABSTRACT - Klaus von Munchhausen, lecturer at Bremen University, says he is suing Volkswagen, seeking payment of wages to 30 Jewish slave laborers who were forced to work for the company during Nazi era; action is a blunt reminder of Volkswagen's roots not only as Hitler's favored car company--the idea
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