Comments on: Your Daily Dose of Activism

By: rcfoot

rcfoot — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 06:54:45 +0000

In reply to crim_ferret. I thought it was the Subaru Outback teehee

By: rcfoot

rcfoot — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 06:53:20 +0000

In reply to woofwoofarf.

definatly not
NOOOOOO…..you dont

By: rustitobuck

rustitobuck — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 06:20:25 +0000

In reply to ramalion.

Marketing to a segment that tends to have a large disposible income, that’s a business decision.
Caving in to a shrill and vocal special interest group (dare I mention extremist?), that happens to share a religious agenda with and the ear of the current administration in a government that can make or break their corporate destiny…that’s a business decision too, one of a different nature.
That short press release means Ford has discovered the brand name on the heel of the boot they just realized they’re under.
Okay, I stop now.

By: rustitobuck

rustitobuck — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 06:03:55 +0000

Fix Or Repair Daily
Never owned one. Probably never will.
It’s interesting, the evolution of cars in my family.
My folks:
Mercury (mom’s 1961 Comet!)->Pontiac->AMC (a Pacer, for God’s sake)->Toyota->Saturn (I’ll explain about my dad someday)
Me:
Toyota->Chrysler (->Suburu? Honda? whenever I get my financial life back from the lawyer)

By: mariner42

mariner42 — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 05:49:17 +0000

Man, that’s stupid. I suppose the best method is to boycott Ford in retalliation…
Oh, wait. I was doing that anyway, because THEY MAKE SHITTY FUCKING CARS.

By: ramalion

ramalion — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 23:44:16 +0000

Here’s the response by Ford to it all:
http://media.ford.com/newsroom/release_display.cfm?release=22145
They definatly want to make it sound like they didn’t cave in to this group, that it all just business decisions.

By: dingotush

dingotush — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 23:40:33 +0000

In reply to megadog.

For a company that was trading at $25 a couple of weeks back and is now at $16, I don’t think they’re doing a good job of maximising shareholder value. I don’t know if there’s any causality between the drop and this debacle – I’d like to think so. I just hate the idea of any corporate bowing to foaming religious types.
I won’t be buying any Fords anytime soon – but that’s based mainly on the terrible quality of their vehicles. I just got fed up of starting a car with WD40 and a lump hammer.

By: crim_ferret

crim_ferret — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 23:25:27 +0000

Besides, isn’t the Honda Element the choice of GLBT furs everywhere? 😉
In all seriousness, I’d buy a Honda again in a heartbeat just based on personal experience with reliability.

By: innerwolf

innerwolf — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 22:28:43 +0000

I am inclined to agree on this one….
As a ford owner, having had several of their cars in the past and am currently driving one.
I am feeling sense of betrayal at this time. My next purchase will be influenced by Ford’s latest actions.

By: tarirat

tarirat — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 22:23:36 +0000

Big Auto is going through a lot of turmoil right now as it scrambles to change from sellers of oversized gas guzzlers to smaller, more fuel efficient ones. At least that’s the panicky plan. The Japanese once again caught them with their pants down ala the early 80’s, and are gaining market share even as American auto market share shrinks. Whether it can ever recover from this downward spiral is anyone’s guess, but I’m pretty skeptical. GM is dropping 30K people, Ford at least 7500 (for now in its ‘ever evolving’ Recovery Plan). They are trying desperately to keep customers in the States, and paying any kind of attention to non-approved-sexuality people is now a liability in this increasingly Conservative Christian country. I’m not mad at them at all. Rather, I leave their actions to Karma, which is a much better meter-outer of justice than I am. *grin*