Viewing Hindi/devanagri/indic languages

[Dave Smith]

All of this is way off-topic of course but ...

writing from Trinidad & Tobago we are always concerned about big
American (and European) trans-national companies coming in here, giving
our people low paid jobs and then running off with all the profits.
Workers of the world unite Brian - we all have the same problems.

Dave

On Sun, 2004-03-28 at 19:08, Tobias Weisserth wrote:

> Hi Brian,
> 
> you're some hypocrite ;-) but sure amusing (no offense).
> 
> Am So, den 28.03.2004 schrieb Brian Chase um 23:46:
> > Tell that to my starving kids.
> 
> If you can afford Roadrunner cable internet and the additional monthly
> cable fees there's lots of potential left to save some money, huh? ;-)
> 
> > admin at kclinux.net wrote:
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 
> He's right, you know?
> 
> > > As usual, someone has their facts wrong.  It's not Indian/Hindi people
> > > taking jobs from America, its American companies like EDS, IBM, and others
> > > that are sending them over there.  Plus that remark was way uncalled for.
> 
> We are facing the very same problems in Europe too. Maybe our situation
> is even more complicated since the European Union is shifting its
> boundaries some thousand miles east in a couple of months. You can
> certainly imagine what happens when there are no more borders between
> Germany and Poland, just to name one of the ten new EU members. Imagine
> the US opens the borders to Mexico without restrictions... You get the
> picture, don't you?
> 
> But it's certainly not their fault. The mechanism that drives this
> situation is called capitalism and competition. It's the stuff our
> economies are built upon and if it's the poor folks in Poland and India
> that can profit from it for a temporary period I can only support this.
> After all, economic growth and wealth leads to more stability. And you
> don't want the Indians to be mad on you, believe me ;-) It's difficult
> enough to control where Pakistan sells its nuclear technology already...
> 
> And whining about how bad the situation in the US is... sorry. The US is
> still the most wealthy nation on earth by far. It is up to you to make
> sure the wealth within the US is somehow evenly distributed. I'd
> recommend getting rid of this barfly of a Texan first who is filling the
> pockets of his friends from within the White House. But this is your
> business ;-)
> 
> In any case, please don't feel offended. But your statements called for
> a written intervention ;-) From European friend to American friend :-)
> 
> kind regards,
> Tobias W.
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