Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]well imho you are just demonstrating your ignorance on the matter. simon > > The new Mini Cooper and the new VW Beetle have about as much in common > with their British and German namesakes as "Three Men and a Baby" and > "Point of No Return" do with the original French films "Trois Hommes et > un Couffin" and "La Femme Nikita". > > One of the characteristic features of the US is that it takes aspects > of other cultures it find intruiging and refashions it in a -- to the > domestic market -- palatable version. In fact, this happens so > frequently and with such ease, that it is rarely seen as taking place > at all. > > Note that the above is a value-free statement: I'm not saying that this > is bad, nor am I saying that this is good. I'm saying that comparing > the new Mini Cooper and VW Beetle to their old European counterparts is > an exercise in futility. You might as well be trying to convince > someone who owned and loved the M3 when it first came out that the > Nikon D-100 is a great camera. It may be, but whether it is or not has > little to do with the M3. > > And before you protest because they still carry European marques: > consider which market they were developed for. > > M. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html