There was "rig name calling" going on about American manufactured rigs long,
long, before the Japanese ever entered the Ham Radio market place.
I don't believe there was any intention of "denigrating" at all (my
interpretation).
Reid, K7YX
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael O. Hyder [mailto:N4NT@charter.net]
Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2000 9:15 AM
To: Fred Meier; Ten-Tec Reflector
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Pan Display
Japanese radios have been called "Rice Boxes" for a long time. Get over it.
73 de Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Meier" <fmeier@uniserve.com>
To: <To:>
Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2000 8:52 AM
Subject: [TenTec] Pan Display
>
> Hello. This reflector has been invaluable to this newbie. I have not been
> able to utilize all of the well intentioned posts yet, but it certainly is
> gratifying to see a spirit of cooperation and camraderie at work. We can
> however, do without the racist invective. There is no need to denigrate
the
> efforts of our Japanese colleagues when we sing the praises of home-grown
> equipment. The internet community is as global as the Ham Radio one. When
> we articulate our deepest paranoia in a public forum such as this one, we
> merely reinforce the notion of "The Ugly (North)American". Respectfully,
> Fred ve7fmn
>
>
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