Subj : Re: How much should I charge for fixed-price software contract?
To   : comp.programming
From : Richard Heathfield
Date : Fri Aug 26 2005 01:20 am

Chris Sonnack wrote:

> Richard Heathfield writes:
> 
>>> There are often reciprocity agreements between governments.  We
>>> really don't know all that went on "behind closed doors" on this
>>> one.  There are sometimes reasons why one country wants another
>>> country to do its dirty work.
>> 
>> When countries conspire to jail an innocent (all right, not
>> guilty) man, the world is truly going to hell in the supermarket
>> accessory of your choice.
> 
> I haven't been paying that much attention, but it's sounded to me
> that his innocence is based more on geography than intrinsic acts.

His not-guiltiness, yes. ("Innocent" is a tricky word, since it has more 
connotations than just the "he didn't do Crime X" meaning.)

But the geography matters. I live in the UK, and (do my best to) abide by UK 
law. That's hard enough as it is*, without having to abide by US law too on 
the off-chance that I might want to visit it one day. And Saudi Arabian 
law, and Indian law, and Chinese law, and Peruvian law, and...


* "Breathing with intent" probably breaches some subsection or other of a 
paragraph buried deep within some obscure law about the environment.


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Richard Heathfield
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