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<blockquote data-quote="John Roberts" data-source="post: 35533" data-attributes="member: 126">Re: Gibson raidedActually there have been a couple articles in the WSJ in recent weeks and this is not the first time Gibson was raided over exotic wood. IIRC they were raided a few years ago.&nbsp; I suspect the politically charged spin that the regulators are trying to chase jobs out of the US is just legal posturing from Henry&#039;s lawyers, even if that may be the unintended consequence of heavy handed regulation, it is just a strategy, and Fox is happy to play along, since it is their kind of &quot;news&quot; story.&nbsp; It appears that Gibson has been caught with restricted wood, despite having legal(?) paperwork. A letter of the law vs. intent of the law distinction. The regulators should be following the letter of the law, despite their already broad interpretation of the 1900 Lacey Act, and Gibson should not use banned wood, no matter how clever they are about sourcing it from gray market trans-shippers. When in doubt do what&#039;s right.... JRPS: Yes, more or less political seems to be in the mind of the beholder. Group think makes some pretty partisan statements seem innocent depending on what you normally hear or read. Back in the &#039;70s i read three daily newspapers (WSJ, NYT, and Wash Post). That was an eye opener for how the news gets selectively presented, and it is much worse now (IMO) than back then. Like I said we must strive to see both sides of arguments and focus on facts, not ad hominum imagined intentions of individuals or organizations that can&#039;t possibly be accurately known.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="John Roberts, post: 35533, member: 126"] Re: Gibson raided Actually there have been a couple articles in the WSJ in recent weeks and this is not the first time Gibson was raided over exotic wood. IIRC they were raided a few years ago. I suspect the politically charged spin that the regulators are trying to chase jobs out of the US is just legal posturing from Henry's lawyers, even if that may be the unintended consequence of heavy handed regulation, it is just a strategy, and Fox is happy to play along, since it is their kind of "news" story. It appears that Gibson has been caught with restricted wood, despite having legal(?) paperwork. A letter of the law vs. intent of the law distinction. The regulators should be following the letter of the law, despite their already broad interpretation of the 1900 Lacey Act, and Gibson should not use banned wood, no matter how clever they are about sourcing it from gray market trans-shippers. When in doubt do what's right.... JR PS: Yes, more or less political seems to be in the mind of the beholder. Group think makes some pretty partisan statements seem innocent depending on what you normally hear or read. Back in the '70s i read three daily newspapers (WSJ, NYT, and Wash Post). That was an eye opener for how the news gets selectively presented, and it is much worse now (IMO) than back then. Like I said we must strive to see both sides of arguments and focus on facts, not ad hominum imagined intentions of individuals or organizations that can't possibly be accurately known. [/QUOTE]

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