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Re: lego from China and Czech Republic
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Mon, 29 May 2006 11:34:29 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Patterson wrote:
> Tim:
> I did not mean the comment to be bigot, I think that the quality suffers.  I
> managed a multi million dollar corp. for 14 years after retiring from the Army.
> I have been stationed in Europe and in Korea.  As a GM I dealt with products
> from China.  They do not match up to the west and the USA. By the way, I never
> heard of being bigoted towards products.  I think that if you chilled a little
> and used a dictonary you might find the correct meaning of bigot.  The working
> conditions are not what they are here and we had to send many items back to
> China to get fixed.  Would I be a bigot if I said that stearo items made in
> Japan are better than the ones made in Korea, or the Yugo car is not as good as
> a Ford?  You sure are spring loaded to the pissed off position.
> John

See, I knew I was right.

Steve



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  Re: lego from China and Czech Republic
 
Tim: I did not mean the comment to be bigot, I think that the quality suffers. I managed a multi million dollar corp. for 14 years after retiring from the Army. I have been stationed in Europe and in Korea. As a GM I dealt with products from China. (...) (20 years ago, 28-May-06, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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