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To: TobagoJack who wrote (275969)	2/2/2004 10:38:38 AM
From: TheBusDriver	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

<<I mean in HK the majority, however stirred up, do not get to impose their will on the minority >> I see where you are coming from as much as I think I can. I guess I am reacting to words like mob, stirred up, impose, etc. Sorry but I don't see anywhere in the world that the minority makes the rules.....this is kind of like the pot calling the kettle black is it not? By that I mean implying HK system of rule is any better or worse than any other. << what is not true, in the aggregate?>> I think I was reacting in general to this comment you made. It seems to echo the idea that America is fat and lazy, a common held view that I have even experienced here in the UK: "The simple facts of the matter is that the US workers do not work more diligently than their competitors elsewhere, are not better educated or trained, and are too expensive and spoiled for their employers to stomach" The thing is I recently worked a few months in the US after having been outside the US for many years. Suddenly I was up at 05:30 instead of 08:30, working 10 hours instead of 7 or 8. Also less time off and holidays, etc. I had forgetten what it was like myself. So I felt you were echoing a common misconception about American workers. <<did I deserve the higher opinion earlier >> Well I had certainly given you one, probably still do. Anyway it sure did stir up a hornets nest! Wayne