Taps and dies

[Grant Bowker]

I seem to have started another round of illogical "my country is better than yours". I hope everyone at least likes their own country, but the fact that your country (wherever it might be) is wonderful doesn't mean everyone else on the face of the earth lives in a shithole.

Please re-read my comments. I am perfectly happy with the individual Americans I was dealing with.

My problem is with poorly informed people in government (both legislative and administrative) who should know better, make poor desisions and use another nation as an unjustified scapegoat rather than looking internally to fix their problems. History is full of examples of this and it certainly isn't unique to the government of the USA. I just fail to undestand how 5/32 pop-rivets, a plastic funnel and some generic coil extension springs that resemble the springs in CMP seatbacks (and were actually made in Australia) can be vital to the security of the USA. Since I can't understand these govenment policies (and many others too) I also have difficulty respecting the same policies and as a result the people who create them in many countries, including my own. However, until I'm willing to put in the time, effort and money to get the policies changed I have to accept them even if I don't like the results.

Can we get back to the question of sources for taps and dies?