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Default Rethinking "Made in China"

On 12/16/2009 02:09 PM, Swingman wrote:
David Nebenzahl wrote:

I'm getting a little tired of hearing the complaint "___ is a piece of
****: what do you expect? It's made in China!".


You mean like drywall, C-Less' "64GB USB Drive", and the stuff at Harbor
Fright?

A rose by any other name ...

**** China, and "Made in USA", for that matter ... I'm buying "European"
like Laguna, Festool, Omer, et al products every chance I get these days.


Funny you mention Laguna...some of their stuff is made in China.

What about Lie-Nielsen and Starrett? Or General and Veritas and Oneway
from Canada?

Chris