Sounds like a great time to wish everyone on the list a " Happy and
just as important " Safe 4th!
Cheers
Alan
Mark van der Linden wrote:
> Being from Europe I have found out that being Politically Correct has taken a
>huge flight in the USA, and in my opinion, not for the better. For fear of
>being called discriminatory, and where it seems that the question of something
>being discriminatory is more likely to be answered by the subjective recipient
>and not by the intent of the writer (or the qestion whether an objectivated
>"average" person would be offended) people may be tend to avoid all
>references, even where not applicable.
>
> I believe that you would have to be quite flexible by mind to create a link
>between "the substandard quality of some Moss distributed parts" and "a
> reflection on their culture, nationality or skin color". (perhaps if you are
>a lawyer, these guys seem to be able to make cases out of everything and even
>win them every once in a while, I mean who in his right mind carries
>MacDonalds coffee in its crutch anyway). Alas, what I am meaning to say, we
>are exercising a hobby here and are not in the business of making political
>statements (let Clinton do that while he is there). I do not believe Frank's
>letter to entail such a political statement. In Germany thay would call this
>"hineininterpretieren". Where I am not a translator, this would mean to insert
>something in a text that wasn't there before by way of interpretation. There
>generally is a well established link between quality and price. If Frank can
>back up his comments about the chrome turning to rust etc. (which I believe he
>will) the link is called "Moss profit margin".
>
> I also disagree with the remark that "I would prefer if messages sent on
>behalf of the "list" be cleared with the people on the list first." In a
>perfect world, we choose representatives on a democratic basis and than
>proceed. However, how to achieve this with respect to the list? Frank would
>probably have had to open confirmations/disapprovals for the next two weeks.
>Sending an email just in his own name probably does not have the impact (if
>any) than an email coming from the list. Where Frank is acting in our interest
>and where there is no risk that we individually would be bound by his letter,
>I would say good going Frank. What I believe to be of greater importance than
>a semantic review of Frank's letter for PC statements is Moss' reply to it.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Mark van der Linden
>
> dthompson@gbc.ca
> 07/02/98 08:43 AM
> Please respond to dthompson@gbc.ca@Internet
> To: spritenut@Exit109.com@Internet
> cc: spridgets@Autox.Team.Net@Internet
> Subject: RE: Chinese junk
>
> Frank,
>
> I see you have successfully completed the home study course in diplomacy!
>
> Daniel
>
> BTW, people of Chinese or any other origin simply perform the job they are
> paid to do; the substandard quality of some Moss distributed parts is no
> reflection on their culture, nationality or skin color.
>
> I would prefer if messages sent on behalf of the "list" be cleared with the
> people on the list first.
>
> Just my .02
>
> <snip>
> We, the Spridgeteers on the list, would like to know why most of your
> parts do not fit? (Moss file to fit policy)
> We would also like to know why the Taiwan chrome turns to rust in a
> matter of weeks? Chroming is not a new art.
> And why the chinese rubber bits just "go away" in a month or so?
> Rubber used to last years not months.
>
> We are sick of the very expensive cheap *Stuff* you push for our BRITISH
> cars! If we wanted Mostly Oriental Substandard Stuff, we would all bye
> Miatas and would bye from an Asian supplier like yourself.
> But we do infact own and drive BRITISH cars so we have turned to QUALITY
> suppliers from the UK. They don't stick "made in the UK" stickers over
> the chinese lettering of their parts.
>
> We, the list, were just wondering.
> --
> Frank Clarici Toms River, NJ
> Too many LBCs
> 3 Sprites, an Austin A40, and an Austin Mini all on the road.
> 1 Jaguar XJ6 family car, 1 Racer Midget project , & 2 Parts Spridgets
> Check out my home page at http://www.exit109.com/~spritenut
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