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On a slow boat from China.. (It's in!!!)
TPB:
ark_ader,
Maybe it was your general tone that anything Chinese built, must be crap.
It's like saying they're a bunch of useless SOB's who can't build anything good.
You're not the only one to imply this, but you took it the furthest.
You said it'd have "Artwork painted with lead", and totally belittled it, then implied that a "U.S.A. built cab" from Mameroom would leave it for dead.
Let's face it, the Chinese do need to work on improving their quality control and safety regulations, your "lead paint" remark was based on fact, with all the toy recalls that have taken place due to precisely that issue.
I don't believe you had racist intent. But Singapura probably took it that way, it appears to be a sore point :
--- Quote from: Singapura on June 17, 2008, 11:09:48 pm ---
Despite all the propaganda against Chinese products, there are a lot of good things coming from that country. Even "proudly designed in the U.S.A." often means "...but manufactured in the P.R.C." Microsoft, Apple and Dell to name a few all have factories in the "free economic zone" of Shenzen, near Hong Kong. I've been there and the area looks a lot more modern and better kept than the early 1900 industrial complexes in Detroit or Chicago. Chinese branded hifi equipment is some of the best in the world (Cayin for instance) and even Chinese cars are getting better.
--- End quote ---
... now, how about we give him a break, and return the thread to it's purpose, being a discussion of his new cab. :)
I'm sure Singapura realises that along with the compliments, criticism will also be offered ... it is a public forum, after all ... that's fine, but try to present any criticism in a polite and constructive manner.
TPB:
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mccoy178:
The cabinet looks great for that price! Now you can start charging admission. ;D
Ark is being a ---meecrob--- in this thread and I'm disappointed to see him crapping in it at every turn.
Xiaou2:
ark_ader's comments are condescending, filled with mockery, and just plain ignorant.
Very sad indeed.
China is a very large place, making tons of stuff for USA and other countries.
While there may be some companies in china that produce some inferior
quality... there are a lot more that are producing top quality parts and
devices.
China has over 2000 yrs worth of history that can be traced back, as a lot
of it was documented very well. As far as I recall, they invented gunpowder.
They had devised incredible herbal medical treatments that cured many complex
ailments - without the need for surgeries... some of which is being
synthesized by western drug companies today. They also were the
home to the most advanced martial arts systems ever devised. Most of which
were copied by just about every other art - but pretty much watered down
compared to the real depths of Chinese arts.
They also have an amazing collection of artists. Such amazing detailed pieces &
sculptures. Hand carved dragons scaling massive posts. Incredible pottery
techniques such as Cloisonne.
Hmm - from wiki:
Among the scientific accomplishments of ancient China were paper (not papyrus) and papermaking, woodblock printing and movable type printing, the early lodestone and magnetic compass, gunpowder, toilet paper, early seismological detectors, matches, dry docks, pound locks, sliding calipers, the double-action piston pump, blast furnace and cast iron, the iron plough, the multi-tube seed drill, the wheelbarrow, the suspension bridge, the parachute, natural gas as fuel, the escapement mechanism for clocks, the differential gear for the South Pointing Chariot, the hydraulic-powered armillary sphere, the hydraulic-powered trip hammer, the mechanical chain drive, the mechanical belt drive, the raised-relief map, the propeller, the crossbow, the cannon, the rocket, the multistage rocket, etc. Chinese astronomers were among the first to record observations of a supernova. The work of the astronomer Shen Kuo (1031–1095) alone was most impressive, as he theorized that the sun and moon were spherical, corrected the position of the polestar with his improved sighting tube, discovered the concept of true north, wrote of planetary motions such as retrogradation, and compared the orbital paths of the planets to points on the shape of a rotating willow leaf. With evidence for them, he also postulated geological theories for the processes of land formation in geomorphology and climate change in paleoclimatology. Yet there were many other astronomers than Shen Kuo, such as Gan De, Shi Shen, Zhang Heng, Yi Xing, Zhang Sixun, Su Song, Guo Shoujing, Xu Guangqi, etc. Chinese mathematics evolved independently of Greek mathematics and is therefore of great interest in the history of mathematics. The Chinese were also keen on documenting all of their technological achievements, such as in the Tiangong Kaiwu encyclopedia written by Song Yingxing (1587–1666).
bvicarious:
Let's not forget that the toys were painted with lead paint with the full knowledge of the american companies that ordered them, to increase their profit margins. If you pay for garbage, you're going to get garbage.