Draconian vacation policies for US slave workers
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From: Hatunen on 7 Aug 2006 16:45 On Mon, 07 Aug 2006 10:32:01 -0500, barney2(a)cix.compulink.co.uk wrote: >In article <femed2hnsh2lf6101lpj4j97mu9ts2vshr(a)4ax.com>, >mxsmanic(a)gmail.com (Mxsmanic) wrote: > >> *From:* Mxsmanic <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> >> *Date:* Mon, 07 Aug 2006 17:19:41 +0200 >> >> You just did. You said credentials can be interpreted as shorthand >> for a near-guarantee of performance. Therefore, if I buy credentials, >> I acquire the ability to perform. > >If we're being pedantic, I could point out that I didn't say good or >competent performance: poor credentials, such as those bought on the >Internet for $40, might be a strong indicator if not a near-guarantee of >poor performance. > >But you're being pointlessly literal-minded now, because you must know >that those are not the kind of credentials I meant. There's a word for it: sophistry. ************* DAVE HATUNEN (hatunen(a)cox.net) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *
From: Hatunen on 7 Aug 2006 16:47 On Mon, 07 Aug 2006 07:19:15 -0500, barney2(a)cix.compulink.co.uk wrote: >In article <1154943173.876105.197210(a)b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>, >tchiowa2(a)hotmail.com (Tchiowa) wrote: > >> *From:* "Tchiowa" <tchiowa2(a)hotmail.com> >> *Date:* 7 Aug 2006 02:32:53 -0700 >> >> >> Keith W wrote: >> > "Hatunen" <hatunen(a)cox.net> wrote in message >> > news:21ddd2h1i3aoampcrahikv34uthdhie0k4(a)4ax.com... > >> > > There are also >> > > price controls on what the NHS pays manufacturers for the likes >> > > of pharmaceuticals, etc. >> > >> > Nope. They have to buy drugs on the market in the same manner >> > as any other health provider. Naturally they use their bargaining >> > position to get the best deal they can but ultimately they cant >> > force the drug companies to sell at a price they dont like >> >> They do in fact force the drug companies. Not only are they they >> largest purchaser but they control the market. In effect they are a >> monopoly for health care. So they use their monopoly power to force low >> prices from the drugs companies against the threat that their drugs >> won't be allowed into the market. > >The pharmas operate internationally; the NHS is by no means their only >customer. > And, in fact, the pharmas charge different prices in different markets. Price fixing is a term for the actions in one market. ************* DAVE HATUNEN (hatunen(a)cox.net) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *
From: Mxsmanic on 7 Aug 2006 17:04 Hatunen writes: > If they aren't serious, they aren't credentials. If they are credentials, they're serious. -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail.
From: Mxsmanic on 7 Aug 2006 17:05 Hatunen writes: > Meanwhile, I suggestyou obtain a book on American constitutional > law. For isntacne, civil forfeiture is not considered > unconstitutional. Neither is conscription. But that doesn't make it so. -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail.
From: Stanislas de Kertanguy on 7 Aug 2006 17:06
Le 07/08/2006, Mxsmanic a crit : > Hatunen writes: > >> If they aren't serious, they aren't credentials. > > If they are credentials, they're serious. A $40 "diploma" bought on the web is not a credential. -- remplacez "lesptt" par "laposte" pour me joindre substitute "laposte" for "lesptt" to reach me |