Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/30

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Subject: [Leica] country of manufacture (sorry, long rant)
From: "Peter A. Klein" <pklein@2alpha.net>
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 11:00:06 -0800

Emmanuel Lowi writes:

> Frankly, I would not buy a car with a Japanese manufacturer's name on it but made in
> the USA by Bud-swilling Superbowl-hollering Yanks who've grown up in a society that
> emphasizes get-away-with-whatever and punch-the-clock but no more, instead of car
> made by real Japanese workers steeped in a culture of lifetime responsibility and a
> work ethic that pervades their society.

How many grossly oversimplified stereotypes can dance on the head of a
pin?  And can the 60mm Elmar photograph them all with sufficient detail?

- --Peter Klein
Seattle, WA