hey alan,
the pc's back in the saddle! do hope you and all the list have a great
4th weekend as i slave away down here on the beach.
i too get p****d with poor quality merchandize regardless of country of
origin, but the chinese do make pretty good fireworks.
cheers to the USA
tim
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> From: hello39@idt.net[SMTP:hello39@idt.net]
> Sent: Thursday, July 02, 1998 12:32 PM
> To: Mark van der Linden
> Cc: spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
> Subject: Re: Chinese junk and being PC
>
> 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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