"The shipments of wood from Madagascar and India were deemed illegal because they were unfinished -- something those countries prohibited.
However, finished fingerboards presumably would have been legal."
Companies should obviously play by the rules and be fined etc when they don't.
This action doesn't seem to be about the depletion of a scare resource, It seems likely to be political payback to somebody not
supportive of the administration. That's the troubling part. The endangered wood issue seems to be an emotional smoke screen.
(After all, who would be against saving endangered wood or baby pandas or, or...right?)
I'm just glad Gibson got through this and is even celebrating it with this gov't model, very creative and positive twist in the story.
However, finished fingerboards presumably would have been legal."
Companies should obviously play by the rules and be fined etc when they don't.
This action doesn't seem to be about the depletion of a scare resource, It seems likely to be political payback to somebody not
supportive of the administration. That's the troubling part. The endangered wood issue seems to be an emotional smoke screen.
(After all, who would be against saving endangered wood or baby pandas or, or...right?)
I'm just glad Gibson got through this and is even celebrating it with this gov't model, very creative and positive twist in the story.