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Re: My Gun Control Rant
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Mon, 8 Jan 2001 13:38:01 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Christopher L. Weeks writes:
> Toyota makes cars to make money. I buy cars to use them as cars. Those ARE
> different things.
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> But if Toyota starts making cars that sell well but aren't good cars, in the
> long run they will suffer, because people, at least informed consumers in a • free
> or relatively free market who can freely choose among alternatives and in
> which the government isn't subsidising some manufacturers, will turn against
> them and go where they can get *good* cars.
But look at the little Korean companies and compare those to Toyota. Hyundai's
sell. They are made at significantly lower quality levels, but still they
sell. Why? Because the niche that they market to wants Toyotas but can only
afford 2/3 (or less) the price of a Toyota.
Toyota and Hyundai are both making cars that sell, but they aren't both making
the best consumer vehicle on the market.
There are niches in firearms too. And crappy guns sell for a variety of
reasons. And all of this is good.
Chris
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| (...) I don't think we are disagreeing. I posted this example in order to address the (semantic?) issue of motive for doing things... not to claim that there aren't different niches, different price points and different needs. GM's problem is that (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | Re: My Gun Control Rant
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| (...) In this particular case, I CAN'T agree. There really is no reason for a crappy gun (that's just as liable to injure the user as the target) to exist. If you're going to buy a gun, you should buy a GOOD one, even if it's used and rebuilt. -- | (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) May be a matter of semantics, I guess. When GM designs a car, do they design it to be a good car, or to sell the units needed to hit the IRR? Er, bad example. Who knows what moves GM these days, it's embarrassing that they're HQed in the state (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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