Thanks. I believe that is what shinyedges is asking.....I could be way off.
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Do your morals have any impact on your knife purchases?
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Thanks. I believe that is what shinyedges is asking.....I could be way off.
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This is a clear way to draw an otherwise ambiguous line; totally agreed. Though, I can't think of a company/ maker that is openly racist. But that is likely a matter of my lack of knowledge.
Hoo doggies, I can think of one for sure. Another maybe. It happens. Ugly.
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I saved some photos of some automatics that caused an uproar a few years back for documentation purposes. Ugly for sure.
Ethics and morality are incredibly important to me.
That's who I was thinking of.
Yup. Just to get back on track....
Say another Marcinek model, the Overcompensator, from a few years ago had some graphics on it that you found offensive.
Do you buy the non offensively decorated current Stabinator?
Morals matter. Business practices matter.
But I am at a loss as to why someone would not buy from a company or maker due to "fanboys". (As some posters mentioned.) Am I missing some moral connection between fanboys and knifemakers?
Because if having a large and vocal fanboy base is a moral issue, then none of us should be buying AR15s, AKs, model 1911 handguns, any any number of wildly popular knives!
And I guess I might be guilty.
Cheers, Ed
But I am at a loss as to why someone would not buy from a company or maker due to "fanboys". (As some posters mentioned.) Am I missing some moral connection between fanboys and knifemakers?
Because if having a large and vocal fanboy base is a moral issue, then none of us should be buying AR15s, AKs, model 1911 handguns, any any number of wildly popular knives!
And I guess I might be guilty.
Cheers, Ed
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To be honest, I would avoid the whole line/ company... there are many choices out there to fulfill my Overcompensator needs
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It's important to realize that whenever you make a purchase you're buying more than the item itself. I don't personally tend to let the presence of fanboys dissuade me from a purchase. Like all the other factors, however, some folks wish to avoid "buying into" a group they find distasteful due to the association of the item with the fanboys and their decorum or lack thereof despite the connection being indirect.
Maybe, maybe not. As I don't want to give money to ill mannered jerks, I font want yo be associated with them either.
Maybe being an ill mannered jerk is not a moral shortcoming, but I'm tossing them in there with the rest anyway.
It's important to realize that whenever you make a purchase you're buying more than the item itself. I don't personally tend to let the presence of fanboys dissuade me from a purchase. Like all the other factors, however, some folks wish to avoid "buying into" a group they find distasteful due to the association of the item with the fanboys and their decorum or lack thereof despite the connection being indirect.
Yeah! What he said.
Its tough, because there are some great knives made by complete jerks.
So true!
Didn't know that about him, interesting (although I personally don't think we should hold it against him that his dad was a Party member, but I can understand not wanting to see him wear the buckle, even if it is an heirloom or something). I do like several of his films. Everyone seems to have hated one of his latest, Sabotage, but I actually enjoyed it.