Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/03/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 09:52 AM 3/27/96 -0500, FortunkoC@aol.com wrote: >I think aiming a letter at a particular ethnic group is in very bad taste. > >I am a former European who would like to see Europe forget about some of its >bad legacies. This is an international forum. I do not object to the use of >French. However, I do object to addressing a message to the French. What >about the Canadians? Are they acceptable? What about members who speak >French, but are not citizens of that leading democracy of Europe? .... I fully agree with you that excluding anyone based on ethnicity or nationality is in bad taste. But in this case, I believe that Mr. Guilbaud's reason may not have been of discriminatory nature but of convenience. Sometimes people do like to sell Leica (or any) equipment to buyers living in the same geographical area or using the same currency to avoid dealing with custom and import/export/VAT/ exchange rates/shipping costs, and etc. --------------------------------------- Gang Huang AT&T Bell Laboratories 200 Laurel Ave. 3B-216 Middletown, NJ 07748 U. S. A. (908)957-3524 ---------------------------------------