Jack Forster
[Elite User]
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Thank you to Romain Jerome for providing us with. . .
. . .an opportunity for further discussion of the question!
I realize that this approach will tend to excite some difference of opinion. I would like everyone who comments to express their opinion candidly, but to also please keep an open mind in considering the issues raised by this approach and to remember that RJ has made a good faith effort to discuss their intentions in presenting this design to the public.
Remember Thomas' 'does intention matter' thread from a while back? The issues raised there seem very apropos here. Let's remember that our stock in trade is civil discourse, and let's phrase our opinions as if we were sitting down one on one, in person, with the RJ design team.
Does the use of historical materials in a commercial product become justifiable when the manufacturer's intention is genuinely to commemorate the past and to honor it? How do we evaluate sincerity of intention?
Jack
Romain Jerome - The "Titanic-DNA"; a high-end watch integrating real steel from the Titanic
Gimmick...
Gimmick...?
