In a message dated 10/16/04 9:36:53 PM, ccc1@VOLNY.CZ writes:

<< Yes, how naive... of you to write that about the Chinese, as

though  they are the only nationality that can "slip one in on

you".  Any person, business, or country is equally capable of

screwing another.  Why, just recently, Enron . . . >>

Cary:

No, the Chinese are not the only ones capable of doing a number on someone
else and I never said that.  But don't try to sidestep the issue by bringing up
Enron and such.  Instead, try telling the beleaguered US Army general who
bought those millions of substandard berets from the Chinese that it's all right
because he could have gotten screwed by someone else.  Or explain that to the
parent whose toddler is sucking on a Chinese crayon which is fraught with lead.

Let's say you go to the store to buy something, anything.  And you find one
box of this anything made in China and right beside it you find another made in
Italy.  C'mon, be honest, which are you going to buy?

The Chinese ship dreck to this country and that is what, apparently, they
excel at doing.

George