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John R @ Apr 3rd 2008 11:38AM
Given the nature of this whole bizarre affair, I imagine BMW and Mercedes would be first to chastise.
psarhjinian @ Apr 3rd 2008 12:07PM
I think there's a certain irony in two companies (Benz, especially) that were suppliers of the Nazi regime criticizing them for this. Benz wasn't a hip-deep as Thyssen (of modern ThyssenKrupp) but it did receive respectable financial incentives.
Now, this is all in the past and isn't really significant to Daimler today, but if I were MB I would be very cautious about swatting this particular hornet's nest.
info @ Apr 3rd 2008 12:16PM
"...if I were MB I would be very cautious about swatting this particular hornet's nest."
Would you give the same advise to Ford if they were in F1?
psarhjinian @ Apr 3rd 2008 12:25PM
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Oh, yes. Certainly. There's some dispute over the breadth and depth of Ford's anti-Zionist sentiments in light of his being a fairly devout pacifist, but yes, there's a skeleton in that closet.
tpp @ Apr 3rd 2008 1:00PM
I really think the German manufacturers should STFU about this given their corporate history.
Those living in glass houses...
Ford Wannup @ Apr 3rd 2008 2:17PM
The Germans must be totally pissed off. Say nothing, they are damned by silence and suspected of harboring implicit approval for Max. Issue a statement, and they'll be hurled with glasshouse comments and charges of hypocrisy. After the Jewish community, they must be the ones most upset about this whole thing.
Ford Wannup @ Apr 3rd 2008 2:18PM
The Germans must be totally pissed off. Say nothing, they are damned by silence and suspected of harboring implicit approval for Max. Issue a statement, and they'll be hurled with glasshouse comments and charges of hypocrisy. After the Jewish community, they must be the ones most upset about this whole thing.
Ford Wannup @ Apr 3rd 2008 2:19PM
dang...sorry for the duplicates!