<China is sending a message here. I couldn't believe the paltry $4.5m compensation offered by the US for the Chinese embassy bombing and our refusal to pay for the reconstruction of the embassy.>
Was it only $4.5m? I heard on this thread that the USA values human life much more than China does. 3 Gooks plus embassy plus penalties for breaching international law that works out to just under $1m per Gook, with nothing for the rest. Wow! The USA sure doesn't value people highly or they don't think of those they murdered as people. I wonder if Clinton was biting his lip and getting all teary about the terrible tragedy of those dead people?
This is about all the information we need to conclude something about future trends.
I recall a movie [just people acting on a screen, I know] about the French Revolution. In the lead-up, some aristocrats were racing through a town with horses and stagecoach [or whatever they are called] and ran over somebody's child. They threw a few coins on the ground and continued on their way. They didn't get all teary-eyed and lip biting either.
Not long after that, the aristocratic heads were tumbling from the guillotine into baskets. As I say, it was just a movie and I have no idea what really happened. [I wouldn't want to be accused of being like Dan Quayle and bemoaning moral standards because of what happens in movies rather than real life].
What ye sow, shall ye reap. Karma. Stuff like that. Sissy drivel you might say. Well, the millstones of time grind ever slow, but ever fine. The meek shall inherit the earth. Those who live by the sword shall die by it [to stretch a point]. Most human communities have concepts like that drifting around in their subconscious. There's good reason for that.
How not to sell CDMA: First, murder a few of your prospect's family. Blowing up their house is good too. Tell them it was a mistake and you couldn't read a map. Then tell them CDMA is better than GSM so they have to buy it anyway. Act surprised when they finally order some CDMA gear but do it from anybody but USA suppliers. Continue whining like a fleet of 747s about the rotten USA trade balance.
Then, shut down international trade to protect local lamb producers against competition from those economically powerful and dangerous aliens in New Zealand.
Oh well, the facts are that the world still runs on jungle rules and the biggest and smartest ape [with the most and toughest mates in his tribe], who gets all the babes and kills anyone he likes. That's Clinton at the moment. Until We The People get sick of it, there's no point moaning too much. Meanwhile, I'd rather have Bill and his tribe as alpha male than Saddam or Jiang or many of the others who are applying for the job.
Sure is a nice day.
Baaaaa,
Mqurice
PS: The plaintive baaaa of a lost lamb: <To: KyrosL who wrote (37494)
From: gc Monday, Aug 2 1999 12:45PM ET
Reply # of 37501
Is any evidences showing that China is ready to adopt CDMA?>
Ramsey used to moan about me getting politics in with Q! Now it is plainly evident to all that CDMA was always going to be a very big political issue. It is going to get bigger as WWeb starts to bloom. After $ill Gates has been through the mill, Q! will be up for the anti-trust government monopolists to show envy over. It's funny how there aren't actually any trusts, which were originally formed for the purposes of operating monopolies, but people still talk about 'anti-trust' laws. Qualcomm and Microsoft are not in any 'trusts'. |
