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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Well, since you asked for it, please add me to the list of ‘me too’ support for the proposition of leaving politics out of the auto discussion list. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We mostly quiet folk who [apparently naively] cling to the old-fashioned idea of having a place where we can discuss cars, and leave the toxic politics at the door. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Yes, I/we know you are entitled to your opinions. However, we also feel we are entitled to not be subjected to them , especially in the midst of unrelated discussion. The same thing happens in the local car club I was a member of, and frankly that’s why I’m no longer there.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>On a more practical note, many of us have substantial value tied up in our classic cars. It behooves us to remember that “value” exists only to the extent that buyers are willing to engage, and that to the extent we go out of our way to alienate others [particularly younger generations] we destroy that value. Owning and driving a 50 year old now orphan car benefits from a lot of collective knowledge and goodwill. If new prospective owners are put off by indiscriminate politicization of what is intended to be a technical forum – it surely can’t be good for the marque.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>/rant mode: off<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>/observation mode: restart<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u>Al Fuller<o:p></o:p></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>Fuller Compliance, Inc.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Quality Systems, Software Quality, Validation + 21 CFR Part 11<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Healeys <healeys-bounces@autox.team.net> <b>On Behalf Of </b>dwflagg--- via Healeys<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, March 27, 2022 4:53 PM<br><b>To:</b> healeys@autox.team.net<br><b>Subject:</b> [Healeys] (no subject)<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hi Dave,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>"Shipping costs thanks<br>to Biden's inflation are stupidly high, hope you live nearby."<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>You were expressing an opinion which, as far as I know, is still legal in this country. Sometimes the truth hurts. I noticed<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>there weren't a lot of followers, except for the one "me too". I agree totally with you. It has been downhill since the election. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Just hope the VP never takes over.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Regards,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Doug<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></body></html>