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Hating Is Easy.(Column)
Byline: Kevin A. Wilson
A couple of weeks ago in this space, I wrote a screed (no other word for it) against the advent of the robotic car. My news hook was General Motors' Rick Wagoner suggesting that the first such cars could appear in a decade.
Judging by the responses, many of you missed my point. You said you "agreed" with me that anything GM says is BS or that the other big, bad corporate giant, Microsoft, would screw it up.
GM and Microsoft are easy targets, big boats that don't change direction easily in an era that regards fast-footed adaptability as the highest virtue. But some people are so tied up in hating on Detroit or Redmond that they can't see reality. Robocars by Honda and Apple wouldn't be a better idea for car enthusiasts.
The depth of feeling among the anti-GM crowd never fails to amuse and amaze me, though. It's as if GM had become a substitute Satan for a secular age. The mere mention of the company's name sets off spittle and bile in a Pavlovian way.
Sure, GM has done some stupid stuff in the 100 years it has been in business. Go ahead, recite the litany. I know it by heart. I usually start with spying on ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, Hating Is Easy.(Column)