Well its pretty subjective but I've never seen Microsoft's site be down before. I've seen bad links once in a while but I've never ever heard "Oh Microsoft's site is down today"
They can do it. In the late 90's the US passed a law that punished any foreign company that did work for Cuba. The US has had a trade embargo against Cuba for 50 years, but it only affected US based companies. The new law prevented a Canadian company from doing business in the US if it was doing business in Cuba. The extention of this would prevent Google from operating in the US if it was dealing with China
Eek. I hadn't heard that. I know you can go one of 2 ways with countries you disagree with. You can 1) trade with them and hope the interaction will gradually rub off on them, or 2) throw up embargos and force a much more immediate change. I'd say with China and Cuba the first method has worked better, but hardly. Both are failures really.
I look at it more simply, I just don't want to deal with a government that kills its own people. We should be dealing with India. They have a huge population also, better training, and a half descent record
I wonder why the US government doesn't ban all US based companies from dealing with China, if they want to be pro human rights for a change. Its so hypocritical for them to ensure that US information isn't housed in China and use human rights as a cover. IF human rights were a truly important issue companies like WALMART wouldn't be allowed to trade with them. That would make an actual difference
Does anyone think that we actually can develop this technology successfully? All the Missile Shield test results I've seen have been huge failures. Its like shooting down a bullet with another bullet. That *can't* be easy
Its like the joke on the West Wing. Wouldn't it be simpler just to give the $60B to North Korea in exchange for not shooting us?
Anyone want to guess the impact of a Chinese mission successfully landing on the moon?
I wonder if they'd take down the stars and stripes, you know, just for good measure
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Well its pretty subjective but I've never seen Microsoft's site be down before. I've seen bad links once in a while but I've never ever heard "Oh Microsoft's site is down today"
I didn't say the US should be excempt either :P
They can do it. In the late 90's the US passed a law that punished any foreign company that did work for Cuba. The US has had a trade embargo against Cuba for 50 years, but it only affected US based companies. The new law prevented a Canadian company from doing business in the US if it was doing business in Cuba. The extention of this would prevent Google from operating in the US if it was dealing with China
Eek. I hadn't heard that. I know you can go one of 2 ways with countries you disagree with. You can 1) trade with them and hope the interaction will gradually rub off on them, or 2) throw up embargos and force a much more immediate change. I'd say with China and Cuba the first method has worked better, but hardly. Both are failures really. I look at it more simply, I just don't want to deal with a government that kills its own people. We should be dealing with India. They have a huge population also, better training, and a half descent record
I wonder why the US government doesn't ban all US based companies from dealing with China, if they want to be pro human rights for a change. Its so hypocritical for them to ensure that US information isn't housed in China and use human rights as a cover. IF human rights were a truly important issue companies like WALMART wouldn't be allowed to trade with them. That would make an actual difference
I hear ya brother. Its a cruel world out there. Scissors are a left handed man's worst enemy
Does anyone think that we actually can develop this technology successfully? All the Missile Shield test results I've seen have been huge failures. Its like shooting down a bullet with another bullet. That *can't* be easy Its like the joke on the West Wing. Wouldn't it be simpler just to give the $60B to North Korea in exchange for not shooting us?
Anyone want to guess the impact of a Chinese mission successfully landing on the moon? I wonder if they'd take down the stars and stripes, you know, just for good measure