> Vanity and personal glorification
>
> 26. Cars particularly lend themselves to being used by their owners
> to show off, and as a means for outshining other people and arousing
> a feeling of envy. People thus identify themselves with their cars
> and project assertion of their egos onto them. When we praise our
> cars we are, in fact, praising ourselves, because they belong to us
> and, above all, we drive them. Many motorists, including the not so
> young, boast with great pleasure of records broken and high speeds
> achieved, and it is easy to see that they cannot stand being
> considered as bad drivers, even though they may acknowledge that they are.
Keeping in mind current descriptions of Italian drivers, I don't think
any one of us has cause to fear the wrath of the pope.
David Lieb
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