Bonny,
WOW. I guess we all read what we want to read...not necessarily what is written.
Never, not once, in any comment that I made, did I suggest that American anything is necessarily superior to anything. My point in taking on the Euro-phile perspective was simply to state that the very best of what America made in the golden age of shotguns was every bit the equal of the very best of what was made 'over there.' Did we make as many? No. But I don't think that matters.
Did the "average" quality of things measure? I dunno...I wasn't getting into that. Low and average quality ANYTHING that is foreign usually doesn't make it to ANY country's shores, precisely because of the cost + tariffs. (Or at least...prior to NAFTA and China entering the WTO, this was the case. Thank you Bill Clinton.)
British falling block rifles might be every bit the equal to American designs. And I'm not asserting that the working class is inherently "noble" -- I detest such generalizations. The conversation was simply about the aesthetic which prompted the English best gun design. Good for them if their hands never got dirty!
Anything else you, or anyone else want to "think" you read in my comments...are nothing more than a construct of your own willful misinterpretation. Or lack of reading comprehension.
- Nudge
Actually Nudge, you DID suggest that American anything is/was better than that coming out of Europe. You specifically said that British cars will leave you on the side of the road and French cars are to be laughed at. While it will be the American truck that comes to your rescue.
You didn't qualify those comments, to any company, any time period, anything. They were blanket statements.
Cars to laugh at? I'll take a Citroen Deux Chevaux or a Citroen SM over a Pacer, Matador, Aztec or any number of laughably useless and ugly American cars.
There is usually a problem when one makes blanket statements or generalizations. The facts get in the way.
