The problem is that Western Culture has generated most of the wealth in the world today because of the virtues of inventiveness and risktaking. I don't see Indians having those virtues.
Why don't Indians create rather than accept being cheap labor? Let's be honest, they are no different than Mexicans who come to California to pick grapes. They just have degrees.
A national economy cannot be sustained if it doesn't encourage the creation of local businesses. This is why Mexico's primary foreign relation impetus with the U.S. is making it easier for illegal Mexican immigrants to gain legal status -- They want the money these illegals send back to Mexico.
Why can't they create jobs for their own people?
India and other countries like it may enjoy the benefits of outsourcing for now, but in the long term they are suckling at a teat that is drying up.
China seems to think that they're the only country that investors will move their factories to. There are a lot of poor countries that would love to take any opportunities China refuses. One of them being China's neighbor, India, which is projected to have a larger population than China.
China needs to be careful in trying to determine whether it wagging the tail or is the tail itself.
The Slashdigerati are out in full force again like Holy Crusading Nerds, lopping off the moderation of any heathens brazen enough to challenge the dogma of the Left Nation.
Because we all know that Americans have not achieved any space accomplishments. At this very moment, Spielberg is doing pre-production for the Mars Landing. I believe he plans on reusing De Palma's "Mission to Mars" set.
Clearly, only the Russian, Chinese or Indian are capable of spaceploration. For they have been annoited thusly by the Slashdot crowd as the Special Peoples. You see, they aren't American.
Just what you think it means, assuming you have the abilitity to discern meaning from context.
Incidently this kind of defeat your own argument, I mean you are admitting that your view is not a fact but biased opinion.
I am admitting nothing of the kind. Rather, I am merely poking fun at the absurdity of your post, made in earnest I suspect, which makes it all the more comical.
I'm neither a fascist or xenophobic. I have no desire to lord over any other people, nor am I afraid of "strangers". I am a realist, some would call an American patriot.
Those who hate me and my country, I hate them equally. Those who wish to kill me or my friends, I will kill them first or work with others who will.
I have no desire to subjugate any other peoples. But I will not concern myself with "respecting soverignty" when leaders of nations are supplying those who want to kill me with money and weapons.
If Arabs and Muslims think they can contribute to "charities" and rot us from the inside-out, they are mistaken. If they want to celebrate when 3,000 Americans are killed by muslim terrorists, I will celebrate when their people are killed by American bombs.
When a treaty outlives its usefulness, or is not respected by other signatories, it should be broken. Only a fool would stick to a binding argument that hurts himself or has no relevancy for the other concerned parties.
Treaties where we are signatory and have not been approved by Congress are not even worthy of consideration.
America will do whatever is needed to preserve a zone of democracy and capitalism , particularly in its own hemisphere. If Chavez wants to team up with Castro and try to destablize the region, he's playing with his own life. Personally, I think he'd make a great cell-buddy for Noriega.
The Vatican City is not a threat to the US at this moment. But we certainly don't know what their intentions are in teh future as they become more powerful. It's prudent on the part of the US to make sure that it has the ability to check a belligerent Vatican City.
Let me know when the Vatican has 10,000 nukes in possession and a policy of Sino-Supremacy that projects Chinese domination in the next century.
You started this whole thread by positioning China, Russia and India as the bad guys
That's what your left-wing worldview read into it but my post was actually a rebutal of the Slashdot tendency to ascribe negative motivation to anything that is American and to lionize anything by any other nation. No where in my post did I attack any of those nations. I dare you to point to the initial post I made which you agree should have been modded down, and point out where I attacked China, Russia or India. Pleae linkboy, point it out.
As is typical of Slashdot these days and a prime example why Slashdot has become a laughinstock, my post was immediately moderated down because it didn't conform with the leftwing-socialist agenda enjoyed by most here.
Any post that doesn't toe the Slashdot line falls out of favor quickly. A form of Slashdot fascism, if you will. The funny thing is the irony is lost on all you who believe you are fighting against a fascist US.
Fascism is only wrong when it defines your enemy,not when it can be used to silence them, right?
Frankly, your arguments are both xenophobic and flawed.
My arguments? You don't seem capable of detecting an argument. Rather than creating a false argument for yourself, you should read the posts that you respond to.
I'll continue to be your pathetic little troll. If by troll you mean someone who rejects the leftwing pablum dispensed on this site, then I will always be a troll.
I don't feel it's my responsibility to enumerate the options for those disaffected by the current administration. Ther are many valid forms of protest, any of which are acceptable to me. I actually applaud those who follow their convictions like Johnny Depp.
Slashdot Mirror
Wow, thanks for informing us. I'm sure no one knew that.
Can you tell me about this thing called "curry" ? I understand it's pretty popular in Bomb...er,...Mumbai.
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Western nations have been taking advantage of other nations through trade with developing nations for years (sweatshops anyone?)
So Western nations took advantage by offering them work (not forcing, mind you), that Westerners would not do for the same price?
How is that any different than outsourcing IT for 1/4 the cost?
The problem is that Western Culture has generated most of the wealth in the world today because of the virtues of inventiveness and risktaking. I don't see Indians having those virtues.
Why don't Indians create rather than accept being cheap labor? Let's be honest, they are no different than Mexicans who come to California to pick grapes. They just have degrees.
A national economy cannot be sustained if it doesn't encourage the creation of local businesses. This is why Mexico's primary foreign relation impetus with the U.S. is making it easier for illegal Mexican immigrants to gain legal status -- They want the money these illegals send back to Mexico.
Why can't they create jobs for their own people?
India and other countries like it may enjoy the benefits of outsourcing for now, but in the long term they are suckling at a teat that is drying up.
A patent doesn't have to be an "invention". It merely has to be something that is novel.
The ignorance of the Slashdot editors/submitters once again gets in the way of an interesting story.
At least he doesn't get to call himself 'Sir', not being British...
Yeah, I guess he'll never be a success then.
I think only the saddest of British people even care about something like this.
Most Americans won't call him Sir. Americans believe the whole "knight thing" is funny as hell, as do some of the people who've refused the "honor".
The British are supposed to enjoy irony, but then they make a big deal about making someone a Commander/Officer of the British "Empire".
Heh.
You wouldn't happen to work for the ESA, would you?
Yeah, he's not cool like us studs spending our Saturday nights here on Slashdot.
If RFID were such a golden opportunity for ROI, they'd already be doing it.
Who modded this up? That's like someone in 1980 saying that if Computers were so great, everyone would have them.
It takes time for technology to be broadly addopted, particularly if the gov't doesn't mandate it.
China seems to think that they're the only country that investors will move their factories to. There are a lot of poor countries that would love to take any opportunities China refuses. One of them being China's neighbor, India, which is projected to have a larger population than China.
China needs to be careful in trying to determine whether it wagging the tail or is the tail itself.
Beagle has extracted its revenge.
Yeah, their stock has gone up a 1500% in less than one year.
That'll teach them.
Can you say, President Ayatollah Bush !
We'll be waiting for your research, dot head.
It's what they teach in the "developed liberal world" where facts aren't required.
Any bad press for Microsoft has to be a good thing. :P
I agree. As someone with a sizeable chunk of stock invested in MSFT, "negative" news of this nature actually tends to boost the stock up temporarily.
Thanks Slashdot !! Nice to see you doing your part to create wealth.
The Slashdigerati are out in full force again like Holy Crusading Nerds, lopping off the moderation of any heathens brazen enough to challenge the dogma of the Left Nation.
Slashnazis is what you've all become.
Because we all know that Americans have not achieved any space accomplishments. At this very moment, Spielberg is doing pre-production for the Mars Landing. I believe he plans on reusing De Palma's "Mission to Mars" set.
Clearly, only the Russian, Chinese or Indian are capable of spaceploration. For they have been annoited thusly by the Slashdot crowd as the Special Peoples. You see, they aren't American.
WTF does propagandize mean.
Just what you think it means, assuming you have the abilitity to discern meaning from context.
Incidently this kind of defeat your own argument, I mean you are admitting that your view is not a fact but biased opinion.
I am admitting nothing of the kind. Rather, I am merely poking fun at the absurdity of your post, made in earnest I suspect, which makes it all the more comical.
Only in Slashdot-world is it wrong to propagandize against madmen.
I'm neither a fascist or xenophobic. I have no desire to lord over any other people, nor am I afraid of "strangers". I am a realist, some would call an American patriot.
Those who hate me and my country, I hate them equally. Those who wish to kill me or my friends, I will kill them first or work with others who will.
I have no desire to subjugate any other peoples. But I will not concern myself with "respecting soverignty" when leaders of nations are supplying those who want to kill me with money and weapons.
If Arabs and Muslims think they can contribute to "charities" and rot us from the inside-out, they are mistaken. If they want to celebrate when 3,000 Americans are killed by muslim terrorists, I will celebrate when their people are killed by American bombs.
I live in the real world. Do you, you nice guy?
When a treaty outlives its usefulness, or is not respected by other signatories, it should be broken. Only a fool would stick to a binding argument that hurts himself or has no relevancy for the other concerned parties.
Treaties where we are signatory and have not been approved by Congress are not even worthy of consideration.
America will do whatever is needed to preserve a zone of democracy and capitalism , particularly in its own hemisphere. If Chavez wants to team up with Castro and try to destablize the region, he's playing with his own life. Personally, I think he'd make a great cell-buddy for Noriega.
The Vatican City is not a threat to the US at this moment. But we certainly don't know what their intentions are in teh future as they become more powerful. It's prudent on the part of the US to make sure that it has the ability to check a belligerent Vatican City.
Let me know when the Vatican has 10,000 nukes in possession and a policy of Sino-Supremacy that projects Chinese domination in the next century.
You started this whole thread by positioning China, Russia and India as the bad guys
That's what your left-wing worldview read into it but my post was actually a rebutal of the Slashdot tendency to ascribe negative motivation to anything that is American and to lionize anything by any other nation. No where in my post did I attack any of those nations. I dare you to point to the initial post I made which you agree should have been modded down, and point out where I attacked China, Russia or India. Pleae linkboy, point it out.
As is typical of Slashdot these days and a prime example why Slashdot has become a laughinstock, my post was immediately moderated down because it didn't conform with the leftwing-socialist agenda enjoyed by most here.
Any post that doesn't toe the Slashdot line falls out of favor quickly. A form of Slashdot fascism, if you will. The funny thing is the irony is lost on all you who believe you are fighting against a fascist US.
Fascism is only wrong when it defines your enemy,not when it can be used to silence them, right?
Frankly, your arguments are both xenophobic and flawed.
My arguments? You don't seem capable of detecting an argument. Rather than creating a false argument for yourself, you should read the posts that you respond to.
I'll continue to be your pathetic little troll. If by troll you mean someone who rejects the leftwing pablum dispensed on this site, then I will always be a troll.
I don't feel it's my responsibility to enumerate the options for those disaffected by the current administration. Ther are many valid forms of protest, any of which are acceptable to me. I actually applaud those who follow their convictions like Johnny Depp.