"Scott Willing" wrote in message
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On Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:19:43 -0500, Scott Willing

Please people! Trim your posts. If you do so, you will not only save
bandwidth, but you will save readers lots of scrolling and they will be much
more likely to actually read your post. To trim, all you have to do is
highlight the area to be eliminated and hit your "Del" key.

For example; Scott's post could look more like below:

Thanks
Vaughn


This isn't even quite as extreme as the example I was thinking of.
I'll see if I can dig up another cite, but I think it's probably in a
magazine here so don't hold your breath.

Probably nobody cares but me, but for the sake of the archives I have
to back down somewhat.

Turns out an honest mistake (misreading) by my partner resulted in an
exaggeration that I failed to vet before repeating it when I said:

(Sorry the proper term escapes me.) In this way they can
run sweatshops in wire-fenced compounds and legally print "Made in
USA" on the goods produced there.

We did track down the reference in question, and it was also about the
Marianas. Although this isn't what most people would think of as the
"USA" as in "Made in USA," it is not exactly the sort of "special
region" that I had claimed to exist within other countries. The
Marianas are technically a protectorate - not that this makes it OK,
IMHO - but there is a difference.

There *are* special trading zones set up within foreign sovereign
countries whose status may facilitate sweatshops (reference: No Logo),
but does not confer the right to claim that their products are made in
the US.