--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "ritu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Um, Jan, the only time I have questioned your consistency is with regard > to your opinions on who has a right to hold opinions on what. I think > the reasons for that were rather obvious.
Then you are not making the distictions I am. > > "4 or 5 years ago it was your problem not ours. Now it is our problem > > too." > > > > I am refering both to the exodus of employment from the US to India, > > and the flooding of the US employment market with Indian Nationals. > > > > Then again you are missing one very important distiction which I have > > ignored until now, and that distiction makes your whole argument mute > > on nearly every angle. And that is that I was refering to ~Culture~ > > mostly, not to ~Politics~. > > How does that make my argument mute? Becouse I was makeing a destiction. >And what on earth ever gave you the > impression that a nation's politics is sacrosanct but its culture is > free for use as a punching bag? Not that you made any such distinction, > mind you. Oh , but I have. What your nation decides to do within it's own borders is really none of my concern...as long as the people there are not asking for my counties assistence. You culture on the other hand is, as long as people from your culture are moving to my country and keeping the culture from yours. I would think as an Indian you would appriciate that. And as long as people from your country are going to my employer and offering to do the same work I do for so much less money that we can not compete. Then you are makeing it our buisness. > When you were talking of employment moving to India you > happily jumped from laws to customs to economy Ah yes, becouse now it beomes our concern. to people.... I don't believe that I did, but if I did, then I was wrong to do so. > > Still, I do not believe that you do not have a right to an ~opinion~ > > about US polotics or culture. > > I am glad we cleared this out. Not that I would have stopped having > opinions had you thought otherwise. :) > > > Only, you do not have a right to an > > opinion about whether or not the exodus of jobs from our nation to > > yours is a good or a bad thing, and the appropriate political actions > > we should take surounding that exodus. > > Oh, I agree. Which is why I have never expressed any opinion about > whether this trend is good or bad for you guys nor suggested what you > should do about it. Then I guess I misunderstood everything you wrote which seemed to be saying that it was a good thing. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
