well put
Rob
>From: Scott Hall <sch8489@garnet.acns.fsu.edu>
>Reply-To: Scott Hall <sch8489@garnet.acns.fsu.edu>
>To: SJagGo@aol.com
>CC: spitfires@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: Club name and image
>Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 00:07:06 -0500 (EST)
>
>On Thu, 17 Feb 2000 SJagGo@aol.com wrote:
>
> > Greetings all:
> > I'm a little concerned about the overall image a club might project if
> > everything about it conveys the idea of the WW2 Supermarine Spitfire,
>and not
> > the true object of our admiration--the Triumph Spitfire. The true
>Spitfire
> > pilots of WW2 are heroes beyond the imagination of today's culture.
>Nothing
> > we ever do should lessen the respect that is due those designers,
>maintenance
> > personnel, and pilots. While we take pride in the fact that the name of
>our
> > automobile is the same as that instrument of aviation fame, we must not
>get
> > carried away with only that aspect of our admiration.
>
>I agree. I too like the wwii planes (and I've got a mustang, so I guess
>I've got the best both the american and british had to offer ;-) ), but
>we're a car club, not a plane club, and we aren't a military organization.
>I'm not sure we should try to be, or even try to give the impression that
>we might be trivializing the Real Thing. I'm thinking the guys that
>actually saw the business end of a ju-88 might not be as flip as we can
>afford to be. hence, 'club' not 'squadron', and no military or
>quasi-military titles. we aren't at war, and we shouldn't pretend like we
>are, or want to be.
>
>just a thought.
>
>scott
>
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