<VV> music video --really, no Corvair when you think of it

[Chuck Kubin]

An old friend of mine from Florida used to tell me
"You have to ask if the juice is worth the squeeze." 
Let me delawyerize, simplify and condense this already
too-long and useless thread with a math formula. Maybe
then we can all discuss something else without endless
repetition:

           Hot international singer with great pipes
       + free link on her obviously exensive and
expensive international website
       + drives "our " car rather than a Ferrari,
Bentley or Porsche
       +  possible international exposure of small,
highly         specialized club
       +  celebrity by association (beats the hell out
of (I had one of those with a V8 in the front)
        +  asks our permission(((!!!)))  That was nice
of her.
        +  we possibly gain members
        + posiibly some renewed interest in Corvairs
        + already drives car in video, provides huge
exposure   (didn't need our permission)
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       =  we have everything to gain

      - She doesn't need our permission to do anything
      -  she didn't have to ask us
      -  if she just did it without asking, would we
even mention this (except to thank her)?
      -  she doesn't gain a penny
      -  we don't make a penny
     -  I think I heard "South Africa."  If she acts
without us, who will sue in international court to
stop her?
      -  On what authority do we tell her no?
      -  Who's going to (mis)represent our group in
saying no?
      -  we don't have to like it
      -  she doesn't have to spend her money to
promote us
      -  we don't own the Corvair name, image or any
rights
      -  this isn't Mel's music brought to you by our
club, as in "Brought to you by Pepsi." You'll probably
have to search the site to find the mention.
      -  if someone draws the inference that we
approve of her driving a Corvair, so what?
      -  unless our link appears among COMMERCIAL
sponsors who have paid for endorsement, so what?
      -  if someone's imagination is strong enough to
draw the inference that we DO endorse her, SO WHAT? 
WHO REALLY CARES????????
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      =  no down side. Not important. Mels's great,
her music's great, she looks great in the car, she
likes us. Leave it alone.


So unless someone is self-important enough to write
her with a logical objection, I suggest our top
officlal writes her a thank-you note.  Or I can.

Chuck Kubin



	
		
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