Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/12/03
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I admire the restraint of your reply to a gratuitously
insulting provocation. I am also dismayed that so few
others on this genteel list have not overcome their
reserve to respond to an ignorant offense against
civility. What kind of community do we want to be?
kind rgds
P. C hoy.
SF, CA
--- Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand@gmail.com> wrote:
> Wow!! To someone from India, who uses goods wherever
> they are made, provided
> they are made well, it sounds like some tirade. But
> to no avail, I am
> afraid, and you better get resigned to years of
> howling with pain if your
> high point of craftsmanship is a camera half case.
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
> On Dec 2, 2007 10:44 PM, Charlie Meyer
> <charlie@droolassicpark.com> wrote:
>
> > Oh, joy! Even with my 1935-1955 kit, it took
> vigilance to keep China
> > and India out of my bag. (Don sells N.O.S. Leitz
> lens cleaning paper
> > for $1 a packet.) Long gone are the days where
> Leitz/Leica not only
> > made most of their own parts..but also the
> machines that made them;
> > First World design and craftsmanship is why Leica
> commands the
> > princely prices and enjoys the continuing value it
> has. In response
> > to Gandy's cheap Chinese half cases (no Buddah ear
> option), Luigi
> > introduced inexpensive half-cases made in Italy.
> Not the art work of
> > his traditional lines, but still well made in
> Europe. I do hope that
> > Leica keeps manufacture in the First World. An
> 'offshored' Third
> > World build Leica sounds just as bad as a
> Guangdong Porsche....or the
> > woman calling the other week from Bangalore
> telling me her name was
> > 'Jack, J-A-C-K, calling from provider office'.
> >
> > At least the Europe is beginning to address the
> perils of
> > globalization. Maybe the anti-globalization
> protesters weren't all
> > anarchists and slackers after all...they were just
> smart enough to
> > get to the barricades first.
> >
> > Charlie
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