Re: [CPF0000] The globalization of COMMON, or is this the right direction?

Thomas Friedman's  writings cater to Manhattan executives and similarly minded 
people around the  globe, but they're not logical.  What about his 
protectionism argument?  What if  America didn't outsource jobs to India?  
India wouldn't outsource jobs to  America?  No.
  
 Friedman's catch  phrase "what goes around, comes around" is mostly in 
reference to Indians buying  American products, but for the most part they 
won't do that anyway.  They'll buy  locally, and regionally for the most part.
  
 Friedman explained  outsourcing as jobs gravitating to centers where they 
would be performed more  "efficiently".  He reasoned that Indians would work 
through a western night (an  Indian day) and return finished product while the 
west was sleeping.  That myth  has pretty much been debunked, generally.
  
 India, at least  for the next 50 years or so will probably be like a black 
hole.  They have so  many needs that most of the money they receive from 
American employers will be  absorbed and circulated in local and regional 
economies.
  
 In the novel,  Uncle Tom's Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe made reference to 
Christian preachers,  catering to southern congregations, saying that owning 
blacks was sanction by  the Bible, but people need to recognize when someone is 
selling snake  oil.
  
 Nathan.



----- Original Message ----
From: Trevor Perry <tperry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, June 8, 2006 2:41:15 PM
Subject: Re: [CPF0000] The globalization of COMMON, or is this the right 
direction?

Joe,

You are getting way too serious about this if you spent a bunch of time 
refuting a spoof from the Russian equivalent of The Onion.

And, you do have some valid points. And, you have some not so valid points. 
As I said, globalization is here. I am positive about it. Being that way, I 
can work on finding ways for Americans to benefit. Yourself and Paul and 
others are just being negative and naysaying against something that is 
happening. Here is a quote I like the best:

"He's right. Which is why we must design the right public policies to keep 
America competitive in an increasingly networked world, where every 
company - Indian or American - will seek to assemble the best skills from 
around the globe. And we must cushion those Americans hurt by the 
outsourcing of their jobs. But let's not be stupid and just start throwing 
up protectionist walls, in reaction to what seems to be happening on the 
surface. Because beneath the surface, what's going around is also coming 
around."
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/26/opinion/26FRIE.html?ex=1393131600&en=b1aeb4ca84ea7d67&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND

Trevor