--- William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Greene" > Subject: Re: Vs: Pentax <--> Canon > > > > > But then, that should not matter in actaul > strength of > > the bodies in question, because the Army's Abrams > Main > > Battle Tank, <offensive commentary snipped> is > literally filled with, and > made partly of, > > plastics! > > By applying by the same standard, my Tachihara > should be as strong as a > house, since both are made from wood, or that my LX > should be as tough as a > bank vault because they are both built from metal. > How a tank is built has nothing to do with how a > camera is built. > > William Robb<BR>_______________________ <P> But Tanks, at least the Abrams, (and some modern cameras), utilize reinforced, injection molded "plastic" in their construction. A significant amount of the Abrams armor and crew cab is "plastic". Thus, some camera makers have taken to "armoring" their camera bodies, utilizing some of the same principles and construction techniques as found in the Abrams. But you knew that, right?<BR>You can't expect (I most <I>certainly</I> would not) expect wood, not for wood's sake, to be able to perform the same function in one or another creation if the manufacturing techniques and purposes for its use weren't somewhat similar; or would you?<BR>Raimo's pejorative reference to “plastic” is what I responded to and had to do with the use of the word itself: "plastic." My comment thus was intended to make note of how effective modern plastics are and how they are being, and can be, utilized. Here's an even more oblique reference to the use of "plastic": one of the world's most sought after handguns is a Glock, itself almost entirely made of "plastic." <BR>The word "plastic" has and too frequently is used to denote "cheap" or "not strong" or "frangible", even “tacky” or “soft.” I assure you, the "plastic" in the Abrams, Glock, Canon, Nikon, even some Pentax bodies, refute the too often negative use of the word.<BR> *Some of today’s youth wear T-shirts that say: "You say the word "B***h" as if that's a bad thing." <B>The same goes for people using the word "plastic" as if all things “plastic” are bad, weak or suspect. <BR>I’m wondering what puritanical values you adhere to if you could find something “offensive” in my words: “the most lethal most ruggrd(sp) tank in the world,”? <BR><I>Is it because the phrase and reference is true, or because you personally dislike machines of war</I>... or what?
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