@alex: That’s YOUR opinion. As I posted to Brian_E, it’s really not appropriate to pass judgement on other people’s consumer preferences and practices, is it? Yes, I AM offended that GM murdered Pontiac. Yes, I WOULD prefer to purchase an “inferior” vehicle from a non-GM automaker. In Economics, you’ve then gone on to make a “VALUE JUDGEMENT”: “That’s not consumer preference…that’s deep-rooted hatred and contempt.” In Economics, consumer preference is designed to take things like that into account. Consumer preference is an amalgam of ALL factors, of ANY and ALL kinds. We don’t pass judgement. It’s simply chalked-up to that person’s “utility function.”
By the way, I wouldn’t say I have a “deep-rooted hatred” of GM. Contempt, perhaps.
EDIT @alex: This post is in reference to the one BEFORE your last post.
