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[Christopher Wright <chrisw(--nospam--at)skypoint.com>]

>No, nothing at this point can ruin my vacation.
Excellent.

>You would have to do you own research to convince yourself.
I'm already convinced. I have no doubt that your family business is 
successful. Until I'm convinced otherwise I strongly doubt that 
promotional ads touting glass containers had much to do with it. 

>I doubt the Glass Container
>Industry would keep promoting a losing proposition.
That's not very persuasive...

>Worse, why hire an engineer to
>design a home in a high risk zone when the Architect can do it.
I don't understand what the problem is with simply enforcing existing 
engineering laws. The two states I'm registered in are doing exactly 
that. Check <http://www.state.mn.us/ebranch/aelslagid/enf.html#801.html> 
and <http://www.fbpe.org/disaction/index.htm> If you have people 
practicing engineering without a license, get 'em.

>The trouble is that many, like you, want numbers and without it will
>remain stagnant because they are afraid to change what is already in
>need of change.
Again--I'm not persuaded there's a need for change, and even if I were, I 
wouldn't be persuaded that feel-good advertising will accomplish 
anything. If what your after is to keep architects from practicing 
engineering there's no reason to believe that they're going to stop 
promoting themselves just because we don't like it. Machinery is already 
in place to insure that only qualified engineers do engineering, and it's 
far more effective than mimicking all the other info-mercials on TV 
because it deals with the problem directly.


Christopher Wright P.E.    |"They couldn't hit an elephant at
chrisw(--nospam--at)skypoint.com        | this distance"   (last words of Gen.
___________________________| John Sedgwick, Spotsylvania 1864)
http://www.skypoint.com/~chrisw


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