"And the Islamic Regime next door, three times larger than his country would just sit idly by and ignore the undefended neighbour with which they had a rather serious war with not so long ago."
And how small is Kuwait compared to it's neighbors? Or Israel?
If you honestly believe that size matters in this situation, you need to review some history.
They have strange wedding celebrations that consist of only men of fighting age, nobody with identification, no banquets, communications gear, and 300 sets of bedding.
Honestly, just get one guy to say that the US invaded a hospital to grind up babies for breakfast and the media will report it.
"As for the only good terrorist being a dead terrorist rhetoric is that it does create martyrs which often leads to more terrorist than those that were killed."
It looks to me, that this is incorrect. Without training and supplies, all you have is some pissed off guy. With human life being so cheap in third world countries, it doesn't take much to start your own terrorist organisation.
Terrorists are simply a way to attack other countries without using an army. Cheaper, and odds are that the target country won't trace it back to you, or do anything if they do.
Know better than hijacking planes again? Ok, that can be correct. Now, how about that shoe bomber? You don't have to take over the plane to be a terrorist.
"killing terrorists will just make martyrs out of them..."
Well, good. I find martyrs are very bad at killing people, being dead and all. Living terrorists have a much better chance at killing people.
Nah, it was the other way around. You remember all those recounts? Those weren't real, they were actors paid by the Bushitler/cheney/halburton/deathstar conglomerate.
I don't have the link handy, you'll just have to believe me.
"Ask yourself this: would you be up in arms about filing clerks being replaced w/ computer database systems that are cheaper/more efficient? Probably not, but it's the same thing."
No, it's not. You can train a filing clerk with an 8th grade education in a few weeks. When you outsource jobs that Americans have spent years and tens of thousands of dollars going to college for, it's different.
Yeah, that's great. You don't have to do the boring coding anymore.
Now what do you suggest college students do for their first jobs? That "Grunt work" was how people were introduced to the company and learned their trade and how the business worked.
Where will your company get the mid/high level coders in 10 years? They're going to have to grab them off their India teams.
"Iraq: Right war, wrong reasons. The UN just sits in its fluffy little chairs while Iraqis are subject to torture and death for looking at the person wrong?"
Er, the UN sat there because Sadamm was bribing all the right people with the "Oil for Food" program. It's been on the news, but not getting enough press.
"If this doesn't prove that the United Nations isn't up to the job, I don't know what does. It's time for a top-to-bottom housecleaning, but it won't happen. There are too many people with their hand in the till, and too many politicians with a vested interest in pretending that the United Nations is something like the United Federation of Planets, instead of the corrupt-yet-inept dictators' defense fund that it really is."
Via instapundit: http://www.instapundit.com/archives/015317.php
By giving up on having a mature working relationship, you're becomeing a realist and are able to deal with the situation as it now stands.
Be realistic and you'll be able to handle/work with the situation. When you're imagining people acting in a way that they will not, you'll be at a huge disadvantage.
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"And the Islamic Regime next door, three times larger than his country would just sit idly by and ignore the undefended neighbour with which they had a rather serious war with not so long ago."
And how small is Kuwait compared to it's neighbors? Or Israel?
If you honestly believe that size matters in this situation, you need to review some history.
They have strange wedding celebrations that consist of only men of fighting age, nobody with identification, no banquets, communications gear, and 300 sets of bedding.
Honestly, just get one guy to say that the US invaded a hospital to grind up babies for breakfast and the media will report it.
"Caffeine just makes me burn through my energy reserves faster..."
Really? Good. I've got about 30 pounds of energy reserves I need to burn through.
They did?
What I heard is that India tested a Nuclear device. When Pakistan found out, they claimed to have done the same thing. That nobody detected.
"As for the only good terrorist being a dead terrorist rhetoric is that it does create martyrs which often leads to more terrorist than those that were killed."
It looks to me, that this is incorrect. Without training and supplies, all you have is some pissed off guy. With human life being so cheap in third world countries, it doesn't take much to start your own terrorist organisation.
Terrorists are simply a way to attack other countries without using an army. Cheaper, and odds are that the target country won't trace it back to you, or do anything if they do.
Oh. You see, I didn't see that point at all in your original post.
I have no problem going into another field. I'm not seeing any field that's hiring with no experience in that field though.
Know better than hijacking planes again? Ok, that can be correct. Now, how about that shoe bomber? You don't have to take over the plane to be a terrorist.
"killing terrorists will just make martyrs out of them..."
Well, good. I find martyrs are very bad at killing people, being dead and all. Living terrorists have a much better chance at killing people.
A huh. And what was that ONE thing on her resume that they needed and saw she had experence in?
The thing they figured was unteachable and not worth finding someone else and training them.
If you imagine China or India being one huge borderless market, you don't know China or India.
"Cold makes rubber stiff, so tires absorb more power."
Er, what? So the most fuel efficent tires would be soft and squishy?
Just from that statement alone you're making me disregard everything else you've said.
"A lot" of American cars get 60 mpg also.
Wow, British cars get 60 to 120 mpg? Tell me more!
But they will never hire that guy who can learn the business process better, because the guy from India is cheaper!
Why is it illegal to remove felons from the voting roles? Ex-Felons are not allowed to vote in Florida. Ever.
And any reports I've found about this database scrubbing looks NOTHING like what you've said. What are your sources?
No, the court didn't do that. Bush had won. Gore contested it, the court said it was too late.
There was no "Assign victory to Bush".
Finally, there is precendent. Nixon lost to Kenedy in Illinois due to massive vote fraud. Nixon went in and FIXED the problem.
What has Gore done? Nothing? Looks like he's happy with the way things turned out.
You believe eh?
Nah, it was the other way around. You remember all those recounts? Those weren't real, they were actors paid by the Bushitler/cheney/halburton/deathstar conglomerate.
I don't have the link handy, you'll just have to believe me.
So, to try to refute or proove your point, you want someone to buy a book and get back to you later?
How about some links instead so people can debate this while the discussion is hot?
American culture is defined by Pepto-Bismol?
Huh.
"Ask yourself this: would you be up in arms about filing clerks being replaced w/ computer database systems that are cheaper/more efficient? Probably not, but it's the same thing."
No, it's not. You can train a filing clerk with an 8th grade education in a few weeks. When you outsource jobs that Americans have spent years and tens of thousands of dollars going to college for, it's different.
Yeah, that's great. You don't have to do the boring coding anymore.
Now what do you suggest college students do for their first jobs? That "Grunt work" was how people were introduced to the company and learned their trade and how the business worked.
Where will your company get the mid/high level coders in 10 years? They're going to have to grab them off their India teams.
Did you use something like MythTV? I didn't like how Myth took over my system. I wanted to be able to VNC into a normal desktop also.
I'm going to have to downgrade to RH 9 from Fedora simply because my PROMISE S150 SX4 RAID card has very specific drivers for Suse and RH.
Talked to their support. "They plan on supporting Fedora." is all the info they'll give.
Hey Promise, how hard would of it been to add a module? Or did suse and rh pay you guys to write these weak drivers?
"Iraq: Right war, wrong reasons. The UN just sits in its fluffy little chairs while Iraqis are subject to torture and death for looking at the person wrong?"
Er, the UN sat there because Sadamm was bribing all the right people with the "Oil for Food" program. It's been on the news, but not getting enough press.
"If this doesn't prove that the United Nations isn't up to the job, I don't know what does. It's time for a top-to-bottom housecleaning, but it won't happen. There are too many people with their hand in the till, and too many politicians with a vested interest in pretending that the United Nations is something like the United Federation of Planets, instead of the corrupt-yet-inept dictators' defense fund that it really is."
Via instapundit: http://www.instapundit.com/archives/015317.php
By giving up on having a mature working relationship, you're becomeing a realist and are able to deal with the situation as it now stands.
Be realistic and you'll be able to handle/work with the situation. When you're imagining people acting in a way that they will not, you'll be at a huge disadvantage.
I suppose you're correct, in a "Nothing is forever" sort of way.