10-29-2003, 03:52 AM
Rusty:
Must be the only secure place in the whole country. Their nukes certainly are not that safe.
But my main point was that just because it was against the law to be putting out fakes is hardly encouraging given the climate of every-man-for-himself today in Russia.
I have many personal stories of consulting for Russian businesses on privatization schemes of companies putting out fake everything. I once challenged a CEO who was producing running shoes that said "made in Italy" on he bottom. He just laughed and said "don't you Americans have an expression, the customer is always right? We're just giving them what they want." When I reminded him that what he was doing was against an international agreement to which the Russian government was a signatory, he just laughed and said "well, let them arrest me then."
Dr. Bob
Must be the only secure place in the whole country. Their nukes certainly are not that safe.
But my main point was that just because it was against the law to be putting out fakes is hardly encouraging given the climate of every-man-for-himself today in Russia.
I have many personal stories of consulting for Russian businesses on privatization schemes of companies putting out fake everything. I once challenged a CEO who was producing running shoes that said "made in Italy" on he bottom. He just laughed and said "don't you Americans have an expression, the customer is always right? We're just giving them what they want." When I reminded him that what he was doing was against an international agreement to which the Russian government was a signatory, he just laughed and said "well, let them arrest me then."
Dr. Bob
