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To: LLCF who wrote (29389)	3/2/2003 11:45:53 AM
From: smolejv@gmx.net	Respond to of 74559

the discussion reminded me of Hamlet: Do you see yonder cloud that's almost in shape of a camel? Polonius: By th' mass and 'tis, like a camel indeed. Hamlet: Methinks it is like a weasel... () etc whereas the cloud remains a cloud, whatever the two are saying about it. It's just ... so cloudy; dj () (a PC Hamlet, Duh, he's a Dane or Brit, or - argh - both)

To: LLCF who wrote (29389)	3/2/2003 4:14:53 PM
From: Don Lloyd	Respond to of 74559

DAK, Unfortunately the entire accounting and investment industry are based on such comparisons... Unfortunate is indeed an accurate description, as both industries are based on error, lies and outright fraud. If you think that CEOs are overpaid, they at least have some tendency to act in the behalf of their true customers, something that cannot be generally said for accountants or investment analysts. Regards, Don

To: LLCF who wrote (29389)	3/2/2003 8:49:14 PM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

Toyota executive backs French workers By James Mackintosh in Geneva and Peter Marsh in Fukuyama, Japan Published: March 3 2003 0:22 \| Last Updated: March 3 2003 0:22 American workers at Toyota's factories do not put as much effort into their jobs as French employees, a senior executive at the Japanese carmaker - the world's third largest - said. Toyota's French factory is 20 per cent more efficient than its US operations because well-off American workers do not need the money so much, while French staff are motivated to work harder because of high unemployment, said Kosuke Shiramizu, board member in charge of global production. The frank assessment by Mr Shiramizu is likely to anger American workers. It comes as anti-French sentiment, sparked by France's resistance to a US invasion of Iraq, is becoming increasingly prevalent in the US media. Mr Shiramizu's comments on Japanese workers, who "goof around" and work less hard than in the past, and the British workforce, which he said suffers from "institutional" failings, are likely to anger workers worldwide. North Americans are "rather wealthy and therefore don't want to work too hard", he said in an interview with the Financial Times. "In France there are many unemployed people and so [those with jobs] tend to work harder," he said. news.ft.com Interesting. I wonder what AC would say about that. I love the Japamese non political correcteness that calls a sword a sword.