rural idiocy

[Thomas Kruse]

>In a message dated 98-05-06 12:06:29 EDT, you write:
>
><< The SUV is the vehicular counterpart of the
> geographical insulation that suburbia offers.
>  >>
>Isn't the SUV the vehicle-of-choice of Latin American elites?

Darn tootin', but the operative logic is distinct -- here the SUV has, I'd
suggest, a flavor of landed aristocracy, of the rugged, hacendado variety.
Platation owners basically, but proud of the doo-doo on their boots.  If you
saw Jeremy Irons in House of the Spirits (adaptation of the Isabel Allende
novel) you'll get the picture.

BTW: one hot soap opera here right now is called "El Rey del Ganado" -- the
Cattle King.

Tom

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