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Since NSMB busted out the Trump analogy to explain electric mopeds I'll trot
out what I think is a more apt analogy - The NRA and gun manufacturers.
Specialized: e-mopeds used responsibly don't hurt trails or trail access.
There are bad riders on MTBs we can't be responsible if they do bad things on
e-mopeds.
NRA: guns don't kill people. People kill people. Criminals doing bad things
shouldn't stop law abiding citizens from enjoying firearms responsibly.
Specialized: You can't hack these e-mopeds and even if you did they wouldn't
be more dangerous/damaging/have more impact.
NRA: Ar-15s are legal semi-automatic weapons that can't legally be converted
into high power fully automatic killing machines.
Specialized: It's not our fault that you can buy high power throttle
controlled e-mopeds from China or kits to hack mainstream e-mopeds easily.
That's not something we support and we shouldn't be limited in selling our
product just because it could be hacked and used inappropriately. We encourage
our dealers to only sell e-mopeds responsibly even if there are no legal
trails around those dealers and telling the customers the real situation will
result in lost sales.
NRA: Our members sell legal firearms for fun loving gun folks. They are not
responsible for the illegal kits that can be purchased by anyone with a paypal
account. They tell their dealers that modding firearms with such kits is wrong
and should be discouraged even though it's popular and makes $$ for the
dealers.
Specialized: Because my dad, Marty Ashton, stuff.
NRA: Because, freedom, liberty, stopping those damn lefties.
What do they really have in common after all the BS clears? They want to make
money and they care more about that than anything else despite what the PR
folks say. Will the NRA or Specialized try and make the damage better AFTER
they've made the $$$…sure…as long as it doesn't interfere with the making of
$$$$ part, but only if.
As the saying goes it's very hard to get someone to really understand a
situation when their pay cheque depends on them not understanding.
Dec. 22, 2016, 7:11 a.m. - Vik Banerjee
#!markdown Since NSMB busted out the Trump analogy to explain electric mopeds I'll trot out what I think is a more apt analogy - The NRA and gun manufacturers. Specialized: e-mopeds used responsibly don't hurt trails or trail access. There are bad riders on MTBs we can't be responsible if they do bad things on e-mopeds. NRA: guns don't kill people. People kill people. Criminals doing bad things shouldn't stop law abiding citizens from enjoying firearms responsibly. Specialized: You can't hack these e-mopeds and even if you did they wouldn't be more dangerous/damaging/have more impact. NRA: Ar-15s are legal semi-automatic weapons that can't legally be converted into high power fully automatic killing machines. Specialized: It's not our fault that you can buy high power throttle controlled e-mopeds from China or kits to hack mainstream e-mopeds easily. That's not something we support and we shouldn't be limited in selling our product just because it could be hacked and used inappropriately. We encourage our dealers to only sell e-mopeds responsibly even if there are no legal trails around those dealers and telling the customers the real situation will result in lost sales. NRA: Our members sell legal firearms for fun loving gun folks. They are not responsible for the illegal kits that can be purchased by anyone with a paypal account. They tell their dealers that modding firearms with such kits is wrong and should be discouraged even though it's popular and makes $$ for the dealers. Specialized: Because my dad, Marty Ashton, stuff. NRA: Because, freedom, liberty, stopping those damn lefties. What do they really have in common after all the BS clears? They want to make money and they care more about that than anything else despite what the PR folks say. Will the NRA or Specialized try and make the damage better AFTER they've made the $$$…sure…as long as it doesn't interfere with the making of $$$$ part, but only if. As the saying goes it's very hard to get someone to really understand a situation when their pay cheque depends on them not understanding.