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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