Re: Name Change?

Jon Davis wrote:
> 
[Alan Brain wrote:]
> > > GZG might want to change its name.
> > >
> > > "Ground Zero" now has some very new connotations.
>
> In some sense,  if we respond in ways after these incidents
> that reflect our fears or intimidations, then we have let the
> terrorists influence our thoughts and actions in a way that
> they have desired.  It is proper and fitting that we mourn and
> grieve and hold memorials for the lost.  But I shake my fist in
> defiance to the attackers if they think that I will change my
> lifestyle and actions because of their deeds.

With respect, it's only a name. If finding himself with an
unexpectedly tasteless name dramatically affected JMT's bottom
line... the name would have to go. Pleasing your customers does
not equate to the appeasement of terrorism, it's a livelihood. It
pays the mortgage.
 
> I say keep the name.

I don't there's even the slightest prospect that the name JMT
trades under will offend anybody from his prospective or current
customer base. I think it's a complete non-issue. 

-- 
David Brewer

"It is foolishness and endless trouble to cast a stone at every