[doc] Re: JZD Memorial?

["colmnugent" <colm.nugent@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

We may be in danger of conflating the man and the car.  Many may 
have valid critisms of JZD, even in death, and it is perhasp a pity 
for his family that he is known, at least in the Uk, for unorthodox 
business dealings - if one may put it tactfully. 

Critisism of JZD is not critisism of the car we all love, nor should 
the two be confused and nor should we feel the need to leap to JZD's 
defence because we like his product.  

This is not the John Delorean Fan Club, it is a club/forum for 
enthusiasts of the car he helped to build.

John is dead.  Let him rest in peace.  Whether you consider the car 
to be his legacy, his obituary or merely a nice car - let's get back 
to what the club and this forum is all about - the car, not the 
man.      


Colm (happy to have a signed JZD photo in my office)

--- In doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Richard Hanlon" <rahanlon@xxxx> 
wrote:
> Are we doing anything as a club?  I feel we ought to, especially 
given the 
> slating in the press - there was an obituary column in the 
Guardian (which  
> only bought as it had teh headline on the fron adn I saw someone 
reading it 
> across the station), and it was fairly damning.
> 
> Rich Hanlon
> 393/ 06126
> 
> >From: "claire_usher71" <claire@xxxx>
> >Reply-To: doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >To: doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: [doc] Re: Alexandra palace show2005-JZD
> >Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 11:42:08 -0000
> >
> >
> >I would like to have gone to Ally Pally this year, as its fairly
> >local for us, but I had to work Saturday and Sunday last week  :o(
> >
> >I was getting more and more incensed reading the various papers 
last
> >night.  The vultures in the press were having a field day, slating
> >him to the full.  They know full well that now he's dead he cant
> >defend himself and seemed to be making the most of it.  The press 
of
> >this country should be ashamed of themselves the way they treat
> >people.  How about a bit more about the 2700 jobs he created 
during
> >one of the most turbulent times in Belfast? Also that if the
> >DeLorean factory had never been built the site probably wouldnt be
> >employing people today?  Watching that smug git Fallon on tv last
> >night made me want to lob the remote at the screen.
> >
> >Rant over.
> >
> >Claire
> >#2292
> >DOC171
> >
> >
> >





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