I knew you already had one Steven
I'm not at all sure what your point is there Steven .
I'm not going to insult your intelligence or level of empathy for other non British human beings wellfare by pretending to accept that you are incapable of comprehending my point.
For sake of clarity of reference, I will recap it. While matters of national pride are not inconsequential, there are other human factors that any one reasonably empathetic to others state of well being should not pretend to be immune to.
If you saw a stranger bleeding on the street, I doubt that you would confirm that he was English before deciding to call an ambulance.
Whilst that is of course an overly extreme example- it does make the point.
It is after all an individual, not a country that buys these cars.
If an individual from a country other than your own is willing to sacrifice more to obtain a vehicle because they feel a greater need for it to allow themselves a happier/ more fulfilled existence- that factor deserves equitable consideration from any civilized and normally empathetic entity. I simply know you well enough to know that you would not be intentionally cruel to an individual, if you allowed your self to see the full panorama of individual emotional well beingness at stake in these situations.
I agree that it would be nice for at least some of the more rare English creations to remain in England/ UK so that they can be appreciated within their country of origin. But if that is indeed the prime motivating factor, then any one representing a museum open to the public should get preference, which ultimately translates to being allowed to purchase for less money, if that is what they need to land the microcar.
And with similar line of reasonings, that museum's degree of exposing the car to the public of both your own locality and that of the world deserves consideration.
Think for a moment about how Bruce Wiener's museum, whilst it was intact, elevated the world's exposure and appreciation for microcars from your country. The fact that he had a well constructed website, was probably at least as influential in spreading the joy of these cars as the fact that they could be visited all at one time.
So as I said before Bob, you have a legitmate point of view, but no single view point of consideration deserves absolute dominance to the point of not being open to other factors that affect the well being of a world's worth of human beings.
