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Re: Chinese junk and being PC

To: "Trevor Boicey" <tboicey@brit.ca>, "Mark van der Linden" <MARK.VANDERLINDEN@ey.com>
Subject: Re: Chinese junk and being PC
From: "Robert B. Houston" <transerv@sprynet.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 11:45:20 -0700
Cc: <spridgets@Autox.Team.Net>
Reply-to: "Robert B. Houston" <transerv@sprynet.com>
Sender: owner-spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
I know!...Frank could have posted the list, then asked anyone who objected
to e-mail him, then he could have said he was writing in behalf of the list,
"except for Trevor, Mark, Luke, John, etc, etc....!

Or he could have submitted a proposed message and we could have edited it
for content, spelling, and political correctness.  Bet we could have come to
a concensus and sent the finished message sometime before the mellinium.

I too am somewhat uncomfortable when Frank rags on the Chinese, as he would
undoubtedly be uncomfortable when I rag on the "damn yankee"
suppliers....but bottom line, he addressed an issue that concerns all of us,
did it well, and took the time and effort to DO IT!

Anyone who disagrees can take the time to send a personal apology and
disclaimer to Moss.

Just my opinion...go get 'em Frank.

Robert Houston
74 Midget Katy

(and a 63 TR4...you should hear what the Triumph list has to say about The
Roadster Factory)
-----Original Message-----
From: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
To: Mark van der Linden <MARK.VANDERLINDEN@ey.com>
Cc: spridgets@autox.team.net <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: Thursday, July 02, 1998 10:06 AM
Subject: Re: Chinese junk and being PC


>Mark van der Linden wrote:
>> 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.
>
>  ????
>
>  By this logic I can start emailing whomever I want whatever I
>want and claim to speak for the list?
>
>  "Dr. Mr. President/Prime Minister, the list has decided that you are
>an undesirable and is mounting an assasination campaign?"
>
>  You seem to have decided that since it's a lot of work to actually
>ASK what people beleive, you can just guess and then speak for all
>of us. In reality there is a third choice that is very obvious,
>don't.
>
>--
>Trevor Boicey, Ottawa, Canada.
>tboicey@brit.ca, http://www.brit.ca/~tboicey/


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