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Date Posted: 00:02:57 05/21/01 Mon
Author: Nawww, Bill is just a nice guy, minding his business in his hobby.
Subject: Blast from the Past
In reply to: First indicator of impersonation 's message, "Blast's From the Past" on 15:24:02 05/20/01 Sun

From: "Bill Parks"
To:
Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2000 10:33 AM
Subject: BoardRoom: re: Bogus Police Units being shown as co

>
> Time: Thu, 20-Jul-2000 15:33:46 GMT IP: 152.163.206.194
>
> Dave Arnold, as always, makes some very good points for both
> sides of this situation. No, I would hope that the 10 year old
> in NYC would not be traumatized by Lance's cars or any other cars
> that are not totally accurate.
>
> The original point here, however, is, again, someone is holding
> something out to us all to be real when, infact, it isn't! If
> Mr. Alfieri were to have represented these vehicles as
> novelty/figment of his imagination/1st amendament freedom of
> expression/this is my car and I'll do with it what I feel like
> doing with it vehicles, I'm sure that we all could have lived
> with that! They are his cars and he is fortunate to live in this
> great country with all of its' freedoms and liberties and to do
> with these cars what he may!
>
> I think Dave Gittner's point is and my point has always been,
> that there should be some standards of honesty and integrity that
> are carried over from our societal mores and folkways. It's not
> nice to fool mother nature! Nor is it nice to fool your fellow
> collectors in this fast growing hobby! We are at the forefront
> and foundation of this hobby, as it has and will continue to grow
> in leaps and bounds. It is very important to establish some
> fundemental guidelines at this juncture, early on, instead of
> several years down the road when even more people will become
> involved with our hobby. When I say fundemental, I mean simple
> and basic, like being honest about what a police car is or isn't!
> That shouldn't be asking a lot! Mutual respect for the
> individual police car collectors and for all police car
> collectors, at large, again, is fundemental! Many of us are
> current or ex-law enforcement personnel. How do you think that
> it looks from the outside in, that we (cops) can't be honest
> about what it is we do or represent?
>
> Bottem line: anyone who builds a bogus car and passes it off as
> a REAL, authentic car depicting a particular law enforcement
> agency, when that car, or a car like it, infact, DID NOT
> represent that particular agency, should be scrutinized, scorned
> and ridiculed. NOT for merely building the car, but for how he
> represented it, ...it isn't honest, and we should never do or say
> anything that encourages this type of behavior, in this hobby or
> in our own personal lives!
>
> I don't mean to give "Ethics 101", but honesty is, and always
> will be the best policy! Warmest fraternal regards to all,
> including, Nassau County Auxillary Officer Alfieri,
>
> Bill Parks

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"....How do you think that it looks from the outside in, that we (cops) can't be honest about what it is we do or represent?" -- Just enjoying the reading., 09:11:31 05/21/01 Mon