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To: aladin who wrote (18233)	12/6/2006 11:06:05 AM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 46821

I'm not sure I understand your opening sentence. Do you use the term 'tantrum' to describe a form of complaining, or some perverse kind of boasting on the part of those who have been espousing offshoring? If by 'tantrums' you mean a form of histrionics on the part of potential "victims" who cite doom and gloom for themselves and their nation, their concerns, if not their behavior, may be understandable in some cases where there is a potential for being displaced or dislocated without a lifeline to hold onto. Whose fault that might be is another story, but their concerns on a basic human instincts and needs level are legitimate, nonetheless. The peril that unprepared individuals face is real when they suddenly find themselves about to become unemployed, especially when they possess limited 21st Century skills in a one-horse town that holds out no other viable outlets for employment, but where residence and a way of life, inclusive of both a means of sustained income and a level of living during retirement have been assumed without ever seriously being questioned. While it may be easy, even fashionable, to pooh-pooh my citing these kinds of expectations, it's what most people who work for a living strive for throughout their careers and into retirement, i.e., a lifestyle that is both understandable and to the greatest degree possible, predictable, as well. This, despite that many are ill-adapted, and knowingly so, to contend with the Bad News Bears when they show up at the door. In the last sentence, my injecting "knowingly so" implies a form of self denial or delusion whose reckoning will come to many without too much of a real surprise, even if they feign being deceived by "the system" if and when it happens to them. And 'if' is the wild card here that many are banking on to reveal a 'not.' As anun described earlier in an upstream message about a week ago, H-1b's were, and continue to be, willing to make the sacrifices to travel and adapt to places where opportunities and new life modalities avail themselves, which is more easily done when the only relative movement in economic terms for the individual is a positive one. The same new opportunities for dislocated workers, as I stated in my reply to him, are not usually so attractive, but result in a relative negative economic movement, instead. It's probably inevitable that, during the foreseeable future, or at least until the secondary effects of the current phase of globalization begins to plateau, the lots of labor and many white collar workers will suffer, when viewed on the whole, compared to the interests of large, multinational and internationally operating businesses whose rewards will instead increase. How best to prepare for these types of contingencies is an individual problem, but one thing is for certain, and that is, improving one's ICT literacy sure can't hurt. Well, I've addressed at least one possible meaning of your use of the term 'tantrum.' If you meant something else, then please clarify. ------