As an aside from all the bickering and name calling on here might I suggest that everyone who can watch the dvd "Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion"
John, you might not be able to see this unless you have it smuggled into China. But if you get to see it somehow you might see where those tax dollars your paying the Communist Government are going.
Somehow, the point is not that the quality is getting better on their items. It is the fact that human rights are being trampled on with funding from us.
That dam that you said would light millions of homes and only impacted a few construction projects here also will cover more than 1100 Buddhist monastaries. But that is ok since the communist government has already stripped them bare for bullion and bullets. It also stopped construction in many countries around the world and raised the cost of copper to an all time high due to Chinese demand for wire to spread all that new electricity to the masses.
And now, back to the name calling and bickering.
As for you denouncing Craig as a fraud unless he answers your questions - who are you? Who made you judge, jury and executioner?
Get off your high horse. Everyone here is intittled to their opinion and has the right to state it. And everyone has the right to believe or disbelieve what someone else states. As many have said, there have been some good point made here on both sides so give it a rest because if you think you are doing yourself any justice in acting like ......... (put your own words in here) than you are sadly mistaken and you are looking more like the fraud instead of Craig.
No Bob. Everyone knows that China has a lot of issues. Do you think that the government in China will stop abusing people if no money comes into the country? What do you think that they did for the first 40 years of Communist rule? Ask my wife's mother if she thinks that the last 20 years are thousands of times better than the previous 40 before that.
The fact that China has opened up through the introduction of capitalism has allowed it to also be scrutinized far more and led to a lot more change. Is it enough? No and it may never be but if you take away foreign investment then you automatically condemn hundreds of millions to a life of abject poverty in addition to more oppression. Is that what you think should happen?
In America my tax dollars went to fund the deaths of some 100,000 or so innocent Iraqi people when our military carried out thousands of bombing attacks that were targeting houses and towns where insurgents were suspected of hiding. No matter the collateral death.
I can and will denounce Craig as a fraud when he makes statements that he won't back up.
He doesn't preface those statements with "in my opinion". He states them as if they are fact.
Here is one for you as an example of the type of statements Craig makes with no basis in fact, you're a cue maker so tell me what you think of this statement, paraphrased,
'the import cues use non-thermostatic adhesives that will break down with prolonged exposure to 80 degree temperatures.'
Tell us if there is such a thing as magic thermostatic glue that you use?
I mean if I came on here and made some outlandish statements concerning leather that would lead people to believe that Justis and Whitten's cases were inferior in this aspect then I would expect either one of them to correct me quickly and cite their sources.
I went looking for thermostatic glue and couldn't find any reference to it anywhere on the net.
Now, I think Craig probably means to say that the Chinese don't use glue that is as resistant to higher temperatures as the American cue makers use. In this regard he cannot possibly know that without comprehensive testing, even if true in some cases he cannot know whether it's true in all cases, and he cannot say for a fact that it is the case right now.
As for the 80 degree comment I think that you will agree that even Elmer's white craft glue will withstand prolonged exposure to 80 degrees.
So it's this sort of thing among many others which shows me that Craig Rittel is talking out of his ass and that he will say anything in order to avoid having to admit his ignorance of a subject.
So what do you call a person who spouts opinions as if they are fact with the seeming intention to appear to be an expert?
I call them a fraud. I will be more than happy to retract my statements to that effect if Craig Rittel can convince me of his expertise or if he will go back and edit his posts to say that HE DOES NOT KNOW BUT IT HIS OPINION THAT..... if he does this then I have no problem.
Sorry if the facts offend you. As they say the truth is uncomfortable. This is a public forum with a lot of readers who don't participate in the discussion. I will not allow someone like Craig to pose as an expert when he makes statements that he cannot support.
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Remember you promised her to limit your posting time. 
