What happened to decency?

[GrumpyGregry]

Pardon?

Mort feels you don't have a choice.
You, I'm pleased to say, recognise that you do.

 

[Globalti]

I've forgotten what this argument is about.

 

[gavroche]

Mort feels you don't have a choice.
You, I'm pleased to say, recognise that you do.

Exactly, and my choice is to repair the car because:
a) I do intend to sell it eventually.
b) I always look after my things because it pays in the long run and it is the way I am.

 

[rich p]

To be fair, many people are thoroughly píssed off if someone damages their bike.

 

[User482]

To be fair, many people are thoroughly píssed off if someone damages their bike.

That was my point!

 

[User482]

Mort feels you don't have a choice.
You, I'm pleased to say, recognise that you do.

...within the constraints imposed by the person who damaged his car.

 

[asterix]

Mort feels you don't have a choice.
You, I'm pleased to say, recognise that you do.

No. The OP had an undamaged car; if he had wanted it damaged he had the choice of doing it himself or purchasing a damaged one but no he didn't. Therefore it can be concluded that undamaged was the state in which he liked his car to be. The fact someone came along and damaged it meant that in order to have a car in the state he liked it the OP had no choice but to have it repaired. There is no element of free choice other than the obvious one in that the OP liked his car to be in an undamaged state, as most of us would.

 

[rich p]

That was my point!

I know! I was reiterating for emphasis!

 

[asterix]

just putting this next to GG's thread..

 

[Crackle]

Choice or decision, they're not the same.

 

[MarkF]

I wonder why are cars such a special case? Other items get damaged and no one carps on about their resale value; it's just seen as wear and tear as long as the item still works. Maybe that's just in my world - if so, I know where I'd rather live.

Things, especially left unattended can indeed get damaged accidentally, or, deliberately. But a car is different, one that suffers what appears to be negligible damage will cost a disproportionate amount of money to put right and it will significantly harm it's resale value.

It's why I drive a Jeep.

 

[Dan B]

No. The OP had an undamaged car; if he had wanted it damaged he had the choice of doing it himself or purchasing a damaged one but no he didn't. Therefore it can be concluded that undamaged was the state in which he liked his car to be. The fact someone came along and damaged it meant that in order to have a car in the state he liked it the OP had no choice but to have it repaired. There is no element of free choice other than the obvious one in that the OP liked his car to be in an undamaged state, as most of us would.

Finger on the button there. I said exactly the same thing about my sofa, but the w*nker who ripped it and spilled Coke on the cushion just said I shouldn't have left it parked on the road outside my house

 

[asterix]

Things, especially left unattended can indeed get damaged accidentally, or, deliberately. But a car is different, one that suffers what appears to be negligible damage will cost a disproportionate amount of money to put right and it will significantly harm it's resale value.

It's why I drive a Jeep.

It's why I drive an ancient and battered van. Driving through Paris last time was a doddle, apart from anything else being RHD means you are on the same side as the drivers next to you and can converse more easily.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

...within the constraints imposed by the person who damaged his car.

As has been said; hell is other people (and the consequences to us of the free choices they make.)

 

[GrumpyGregry]

No. The OP had an undamaged car; if he had wanted it damaged he had the choice of doing it himself or purchasing a damaged one but no he didn't. Therefore it can be concluded that undamaged was the state in which he liked his car to be. The fact someone came along and damaged it meant that in order to have a car in the state he liked it the OP had no choice but to have it repaired. There is no element of free choice other than the obvious one in that the OP liked his car to be in an undamaged state, as most of us would.

really, though? What does the OP say?

Exactly, and my choice is to repair the car because:
a) I do intend to sell it eventually.
b) I always look after my things because it pays in the long run and it is the way I am.