Comments on: PhillyCarShare: Pimp Our Ride http://dragonballyee.com/blog/2006/10/11/phillycarshare-pimp-our-ride/ a new city. a new life. here's my two sense. Thu, 21 Jul 2011 03:49:40 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Antonia http://dragonballyee.com/blog/2006/10/11/phillycarshare-pimp-our-ride/comment-page-1/#comment-5682 Antonia Fri, 13 Oct 2006 12:32:47 +0000 http://dragonballyee.com/blog/2006/10/11/phillycarshare-pimp-our-ride/#comment-5682 Sorry to be sharp, but I just have to say this, Albert. Did no-one in your office think that using the word "pimp" to mean "prettify" might be offensive to those campaigning for "pimp" not to mean "bring a woman into the country illegally, make her sell sex to pay off debt bondage, hook her on drugs, make her see ten or twenty men a night, and brutalise her to keep her compliant"? Just a thought. I think those of us working for progressive causes might do well to think more about who our allies might be, and I would have thought feminist women and men might be interested in a car share scheme. The job looks great by the way, and I'm glad it's going well. You come round to voting for Bob Casey yet? ;-) Sorry to be sharp, but I just have to say this, Albert. Did no-one in your office think that using the word "pimp" to mean "prettify" might be offensive to those campaigning for "pimp" not to mean "bring a woman into the country illegally, make her sell sex to pay off debt bondage, hook her on drugs, make her see ten or twenty men a night, and brutalise her to keep her compliant"?

Just a thought. I think those of us working for progressive causes might do well to think more about who our allies might be, and I would have thought feminist women and men might be interested in a car share scheme.

The job looks great by the way, and I'm glad it's going well. You come round to voting for Bob Casey yet? ;-)

]]> By: Albert http://dragonballyee.com/blog/2006/10/11/phillycarshare-pimp-our-ride/comment-page-1/#comment-5664 Albert Thu, 12 Oct 2006 03:13:19 +0000 http://dragonballyee.com/blog/2006/10/11/phillycarshare-pimp-our-ride/#comment-5664 The design will be on one Scion red xB for one month. There are plenty of cars to choose from all over the city so finding a car that isn't the [one] car which is wrapped will not be a problem. If you do want that car, since it is only one car and available for only one month, there will be some competition. The design will be on one Scion red xB for one month. There are plenty of cars to choose from all over the city so finding a car that isn't the [one] car which is wrapped will not be a problem. If you do want that car, since it is only one car and available for only one month, there will be some competition.

]]> By: seadragon http://dragonballyee.com/blog/2006/10/11/phillycarshare-pimp-our-ride/comment-page-1/#comment-5663 seadragon Thu, 12 Oct 2006 03:01:09 +0000 http://dragonballyee.com/blog/2006/10/11/phillycarshare-pimp-our-ride/#comment-5663 In spite of never having met you, I feel like I should have known this one - it was so OBVIOUS. And yet I didn't know at all! I was sure it was something political or grassroots or something like that... then again, I guess I wasn't entirely far off. But you could have driven by in a PhillyCarShare car and I wouldn't have figured it out... not that I even would have recognized you with the whole never having met you thing... Point being, I had no clue. :) Congrats on the great job. I'm curious about this promotion though. Will the design be on all of the cars? What if you really want to drive the car with the design? Or... what if you specifically don't want that car and just want something (relatively) unobtrusive to use to get back and forth to the grocery store? In spite of never having met you, I feel like I should have known this one – it was so OBVIOUS. And yet I didn't know at all! I was sure it was something political or grassroots or something like that… then again, I guess I wasn't entirely far off. But you could have driven by in a PhillyCarShare car and I wouldn't have figured it out… not that I even would have recognized you with the whole never having met you thing… Point being, I had no clue. :) Congrats on the great job.

I'm curious about this promotion though. Will the design be on all of the cars? What if you really want to drive the car with the design? Or… what if you specifically don't want that car and just want something (relatively) unobtrusive to use to get back and forth to the grocery store?

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