Dear WEASEL,
MARS is a category of
sights.
Clearly MARS it is neither a “category “ nor generic. It
is in fact a model
type or brand name of a
range of sights as sold by
ITL - your
examples
of companies selling MARS sights
below prove it.
Its like saying ST is marketing its
SAR-21 as a bull-pup.
The generic term for these kinds
of sights will be Reflex Sights.
They are not generically known
as MARS.
It is clear to everyone is
SAR-21 is a bullpup type or category type of rifle.
So,
it has never been marketed by ST that
“bullpup” as being a model
type or brand name.
Its a bull-pup but not the only
one. You are stating the
obvious.
As
examples since obviously I need to be even more specific than I
have:
http://www.drs.com/Products/MARSIR.aspx
This company is marketing the
ITL MARS sights
http://www.fraser-volpe.com/mars.php
The reason fraser-volpe is selling MARS sights are that
these are licenced
built ITL MARS
sights ! If you had bothered to read the specs sheets and read
their web site in detail , it is
obvious that these sights are in fact
ITL MARS sights.
http://www.atncorp.com/nightvision-riflescope-atnmars2x-hpt
So when are night vision scopes
same as reflex sights ?
Of
course everyone markets their own as MARS sights cos
that's what exactly it is. ITL is not the only
manufacturer.
As to
accuracy of acronym, you should know I don't deal with semantics.
Stating reflex sights twice is meaningless and that's the extent of
the intent behind my response
You missed out “AIMING” when
explaining MARS , not reflex.
It is very clear why ITL chose to use
the word “AIMING” . They wanted to use the acronym
MARS to distinguish their sight with a
brand or model name.
If they wanted a generic term, they wud have used the
words Reflex
Sight.
But
it is precisely that you don’t bother with semantics that you find
yourself in all kinds of trouble trying to explain
yourself.
As to
insults, I don't indulge and therefore I took a day off before I
addressed your post.
The
term "uncle" was not meant as one and if you have read it as such,
my apologies.
I never took uncle as an insult. In fact uncle is an endearing term.
If you
read merriam webster, the term "uncle" is used as a cry of
"surrender" ie self frustration rather than as an
insult.
Wow
! I bet nobody in
Singapore knew that uncle meant what you have
just described
!!!
Since you used it as the first
word in your post , that means that you
cried out in frustration &
surrendered even before replying to my
post !!!
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uncle
Edited
by weasel1962
05 May `10,
10:54AM
Yours
sincerely
PS I did not have to take a day off to reply to your
post.