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[Alan Barnard]

Baoli Liu, RPT, said: "Obviously Pianotech is not the best list to talk
about Chinese or Japanese or whoever... "

Permit me to disagree: Surely we can and should discuss cultural and
international economic issues that affect our business. How else do we
learn? And absolutely the LAST thing we want is to stifle the free exchange
of ideas by excessing over "politically correctness." 

But we have to be nice, open-minded, and not harbor a lot of false or
prejudicial views.

I think if we just remember that we are a community of friends and
colleagues with common interests and concerns, then we'll be all right.

Also, as is demonstrated about twice a week here, it is easy to toss out
some electronic verbage that doesn't exactly communicate what we really
meant to say, so I also think we have an obligation to NOT take offense, or
at least not easily. You know, "Slow to anger, quick to forgive ..."

Or as Jacques Cousteau would say, am I all wet?

Alan Barnard
Salem, Missouri