[SEL] CULTURAL HERITAGE?

[William Young]

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  TO: Dave Rotigel <rotigel at me.com>
 FROM: BILL YOUNG,  wmlyoung at yahoo.com
 
  

AGREED, but it's almost a SIN exporting so important a part of the USA cultural heritage to a 3rd world country where you would be required to put hog fencing around it.  Dave
    



 DAVE-SAN, I READ ALL OF YOUR ACERBIC CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE NET.  I AGREE WITH SOME OF WHAT YOU SAY, DISAGREE WITH SOME, BUT ENJOY ALL. 
    HOWEVER, THE ACTUAL THRUST OF YOUR ABOVE ELUDES ME.  DO YOU REALLY BELIEVE IT IS ALMOST A SIN FOR THOSE OF US IN OUR  FRATERNITY TO SELL ABROAD USA MADE  ENGINES?  
    OR IS YOUR MESSAGE, IN REALITY, A JAB AT THE GOVERNMENTS OF OUR AUSSIE AND KIWI COUSINS?  
    N.Z. HAS A GOVERNMENTAL DEPARTMENT DEVOTED TO THE ENFORCEMENT OF THIS THEORY. ENGINES IMPORTED FROM VARIOUS OTHER COUNTRIES HAVE BECOME N.Z. CULTURAL HERITAGE ITEMS. FURTHER, THIS DEPARTMENT HAS DECLARED THAT ALL ITEMS OVER 50 YEARS OLD WILL COME UNDER SCRUTINY. THUS,  IN 2062, TODAY'S NEW TOYOTA PICK-UP WILL BE, PROTECTED, A CULTURAL HERITAGE ITEM
    I WOULD SUGGEST THAT THESE PEOPLE HAVE DONE A MAGNIFICENT JOB TO INSURE THE CONTINUANCE OF THEIR DEPARTMENT.  
    WHERE DO I STAND ON THE ISSUE?  RECIPROCITY OF COURSE -- UNTIL MY GOVERNMENT WERE TO TELL ME THAT I CAN NOT SELL TO AN OFF-SHORE HIGHER BIDDER.
 ( SORRY ABOUT THE ALL CAPS.  AM TYPING WITH ONE FINGER ON LEFT HAND. )  BILL