Re: "How are you going to keep them down on the farm...":
I'm in Subic Bay Freeport Zone, Philippines. Our beloved President-elect has just given the administrator of the zone his walking papers. The guy has refused to yield, and rallied armed and unarmed followers to the barricades. The newly appointed successor has announced that he will take over with the support of police and military forces. All work has ceased, FedEx has pulled it's operations (Asia1 hub) down to Manila. Showtime is tomorrow AM.
How are you going to keep the best and brightest in countries where this sort of crap is a regular occurence?
Been watching this thread for a while - really very good stuff all around, probably the most civil and best-informed discussion I've seen on SI. I'm reasonably well read on China, less so on Japan, will comment if I see anything others haven't, which seems unlikely. I'm very well up on anything involving the Philippines, in the unlikely event that anyone cares. My fate is to learn languages nobody wants to speak and intimate details of countries of no global significance.
Watching Malaysia - and Manila - with keen interest. May not be around for a few days - will be up the coast with the family, on the beach and well out of the line of fire. I'll review the thread on return, as always.
Cheers,
Steve |
