[Leica] Leica Class

[Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net>]

Mike Quinn wrote:
> 
> No. We don't have a class structure in the US. He was merely upset that
> people might mistake him for the ones who pay all the bills, rather than
> those who send them.
> 
> on 2/1/00 7:03 PM, Robert Rose at rjr@usip.com wrote:
> 
> > Did he sue, and win at trial, or was the case settled?  Can you imagine a jury
> > in NY being sympathetic to an upper-class person (of any color) whining that
> > he was mistaken for being middle-class?

I gotta take the opposite stance Mike!
We don't admit to a class structure in the U.S.A. This makes Class a huge issue.
If we admitted it exists it would be less of a big deal.
What's a Yuppie? Upward to where? Yuppies have money. So they are looking for class.
...a nice percentage of Leica sales. Yes this is amazingly on topic. Unfortunately
You don't accuse an American of being in the wrong class, higher or lower. A
sure conflict ensues.
Mark  Rabiner