Re: Imagine a world....
- From: Neon John <no@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2008 05:24:21 -0400
Ummmm, Steve. How many times have you read or heard of that happening in, oh,
let's say the last 10 years? That's about as quaint a custom (and lame
debating point) as the occasional Wall-Streeter defenestrates himself.
John
On Tue, 03 Jun 2008 02:03:04 -0400, Steve Wolf <news@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
But, but, but ... every time I hear of an Asian company doing something--
wrong, the board of directors later throws themselves out of windows and
the director is doing penance, crawling through the street on broken glass.
I'm not sure I'm buying your free-for-all theory.
Neon John wrote:
....Without safety nazis, lawyers and meddling bureaucrats. For example this
nifty Japanese manufacturer of all kinds of fuel gas adapters and tank
refillers
http://www.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alva.ne.jp%2F&hl=en&ie=UTF8&sl=ja&tl=en
Google translated for your convenience.
Look at all those adapters
http://www.alva.ne.jp/alva3/picsalva/pics02.htm
A list of products and prices
http://www.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alva.ne.jp%2Falva3%2FP_list2.htm&hl=en&ie=UTF8&sl=ja&tl=en
This is a familiar one
http://www.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alva.ne.jp%2Falva3%2Falva2%2Fnewalva%2FUSPtype%2Fusp.htm&hl=en&ie=UTF8&sl=ja&tl=en
The closeup
http://www.alva.ne.jp/alva3/alva2/newalva/USPtype/DSCN2068.JPG
This one http://www.alva.ne.jp/alva3/alva2/newalva/KKtype/kk.htm is
essentially like my "tank drainer"
http://www.neon-john.com/RV/Propane/propane_refill.htm Down the page a bit.
Notice what's missing? No safety nazis, no warnings about violating federal
law refilling. No fire, flame or explosion. No lawyers hovering about.
How did this country go so wrong?
John
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