Gold Brothers, aka...

[NorCalPiper]

Hey Guys-
I apologize about the name thing. I hope you all understand that I am married to an southern belle whose parents were both from India, so having first hand knowledge of Indian culture, especially when it involves displacement into another country, i feel I have an edge up on most of you here.

I asked the question to Heather based on 3 reasons. 1.)Someone piped in stating there is no Heather McCain and that anagrams are your friend. 2.)My wife's cousins own a gas station and ALL use European names in lieu of their own so the yokels don't trip all over themselves trying to pronounce "Kirtikumar Sukhdev". So its NOT unheard of for this to happen. 3.) Since Heather had come onto to the board, I felt that asking this would be OK, since there was some doubt in my mind. She answered very carefully of which I have to accept.

I'll try to keep this as toned down as possible, but mods are free to pull it if not. I have just felt that Gold-Bros are simply into this as a business without regard to my culture or community (BUT-That is their right). Selling things mislabeled items cheats the public which offends me personally since it does concern my ethnic heritage (If that offends you, again I apologize). If I were to open a shop in Amritsar selling trinket "karras" and "kirpans", and I wore a pugree, I'm sure Punjabis everywhere would feel offended (As well as probably have a good laugh). If a business is opened in a community and it is not supporting the local community by offering jobs to that community as to give back to it, that doesn't sit well either. I am skeptical that Heather McCain is this posters real name. I apologize if it sounded as if I was asking those questions on behalf of others, I was asking for myself. And of that I apologize.

On the other hand, it does seem that HoS seems to be migrating into relationships with the mills and such, so for that, I'm appreciative.