Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 06:17:20 +0100 From: Pooh Bear <rabbitsfriendsandrelationsnospamail.com> Subject: OT - just stuff was : GM to cut virtually all Saab's ties to Sweden - And some Politics to boot!
Dexter J wrote: > Salutations: > > On Thu, 26 May 2005 15:26:58 GMT, John B <rotten_NOSPAM_nospam.org> wrote: > > > > One of the great things about usenet is the large number of different > > discussion groups. These "newsgroups" are generally named according to > > the > > topic of discussion. For example, alt.autos.* groups are for discussion > > of > > cars, alt.metaphysics.* groups are for discussion of metaphysics, and > > alt.politics.* groups are for discussion of politics. > > > > There is obviously some confusion about this point, and I hope that this > > explanation helps to make things clear. > > > > John > > Brother Graham, while I feel strongly that everyone is entitled to an > opinion on pretty much anything - I'm afraid I have to agree with Brother > John. It was a legit original question as a matter of interest that I'm > afraid is trending into the sort of thread I try to escape by subscribing > here. It seems to happen more often than not these days and nothing to be > ashamed of I suppose. Yes indeed. It escalated somewhat. Born of frustration and unhappiness over certain issues perhaps ? > My take? If there are any ignorance as regards nationalities - it is the > starting point that any given nationality is better or worse than another > because of nationality. That'll explain the posts I've seen from certain rednecks who refer to Arabs as camel jockeys and attribute them no intelligence. > Here in Canada, we are all supposed to be bilingual. However, the truth is > that being or not being functionally bilingual is often used to define > your opportunities as a citizen. This has led in many ways to an > artificial stratification in society where people can be mediocre at their > given career - but can be more successful than their peers based solely on > their ability to use a second language (in our case - French). This has > led to many very otherwise bright people leaving our Country for places > where things are perceived to be more purely merit focused. I have a friend on msn who used to live in Quebec. She said she felt both herself and her kids were discriminated against for being natural English speakers. > Is this a problem based on Nationality? No. > > Is it a problem based on ignorance as to perceived National > characteristics? Most certainly. The problem is *nationalism* rather than nationality IMHO. > Personally - I'm trilingual. > > I'm fluent in Actionscript, Perl and have just enough Java to model a > decent bottle of wine if the wait staff is patient. I've often thought > about taking up a little C - but never had the opportunity to practice it > with chums. Lol. I also talk Basic ( several versions ) , Fortran ( university days ), PL/M 51 , Pascal and do a little DSP assembler when required. I saw some C code once ( they were offering me a job ) and thought 'not damn likely' ! I can kinda read it though if it's not too complicated. The regular use of 'void' really gets me though. Graham
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