Hey guys, I know my name wasn't used in the original post, and I really didn't take offence at the comment personally . I just wanted to give the opportunity to "Cajun Green Eyes" to clairify his comment.
I know that sometimes we may forget that this is a "world wide" forum and more peolpe are reading our comments that we realize. I would chalk this up to a simple matter of someone "plugging" his home state.
The lesson is, there is no harm in promoting your state, as long as you don't "slam" anyone in the process. That's basically what Chris said in his responce. ( thanks Chris ).
As for anyone out there who may have a narrow minded opinion of what qualifies someone as "Cajun", well, I'll save that for a seperate post of it's own at a later time.
Jude
I hear they make some mean boxes in the neighboring states of Chu, Qi and Zhao. But the sturdiest come from a special wood from the friendly neighboring state of Zhongshan. Yep them Zhongshan boxes sure do rock. Don't settle for those cheapies from Taiwan
When I first read cajun green eyes original post, I did not interpret it as a slam on Texas builders (or other US states near Louisiana) at all. I thought he was referring to countries in Asia which perhaps are making el-cheapo "Cajun" accordions. But I can see how it might be interpreted otherwise.
Maybe Mr. Green Eyes could enlighten us as to his intended meaning. I hope he is not putting down builders such as Jude, and others who make perfectly wonderful accordions, and just happen to reside somewhere in the Cajun Diaspora. If he is, he sure isn't going to have many supporters of his point of view, which is totally unjustified as far as I am concerned.
I was willing to give him the benefit of the doubt, but his failure to respond causes me to question that.