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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (249726)	11/27/2007 4:33:12 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 281500

That's such a childish negotiating approach: <anything any Israeli minister even suggests that Israel might give up is taken as already given away > It's the sort of mechanistic approach people who read negotiating books might take. When I come across people who adopt silly negotiating tactics, I like to adopt even more ridiculous tactics. For example, negotiate prices in the direction opposite to those expected. Or if a seller offers an absurd first number, offer an even more absurd one. $250 for that fake watch? That does seem a very fair price, but surely you'd be happier to accept $2. When they say that's silly. Say, you are right, let's make it $1.50. No? Okay. You do drive a hard bargain. It's a deal, 50c. I know of real estate agents who don't bother dealing with Indian or Chinese people because it's so difficult with them. They go around and around in circles 'negotiating' [I'm not sure exactly what the problem is]. I once tried to sell a car to a Mexican who reneged on the agreement [and I turned some later arrivals away as I had agreed to sell to the Mexican]. I would demand to see their cash and have it right away next time. It was a small sample, but once bitten... Meanwhile, it seems that Britain will have to threaten to nuke Sudan if they don't release the British teacher forthwith. Surely people are sick of insane Islamic mania. They are vicious, murderous thugs. If they want to play like that, play back twice as hard. Then double it. Phone the Sudanese embassy. "Hello! How are you today? Good? Excellent. We hope to make you feel terrible by the end of the day. We have heard a vicious rumour that you are threatening to beat a woman with a stick because some children called a toy bear Mohammed. We think that's an excellent name and suggest that you explain on TV that it's an excellent name too and that the lady has been given a $1 million prize for coming up with an excellent name for a bear and a first class ticket back to Liverpool. Please don't accept this suggestion because what we really want to do is test out for real a new WMD we have developed. We need a volunteer to help with testing." I don't think there'd be much point negotiating with Arafat. Maybe there are some Palestinians worth talking to, but I haven't seen much sign of them being rational. They seem like SARMANiac. Mqurice