Subj : Re: How much should I charge for fixed-price software contract?
To   : comp.programming
From : Phlip
Date : Sat Aug 27 2005 09:50 pm

>> And how are we going to "challenge" them? A strongly worded note?
>> A bombing campaign?

Getting out their financiers' bed might be a start...

Randy Howard wrote:

> You are making the totally unwarranted assumption that the
> government would need grounds, or even make an arrest at all.
> Killing, midnight abduction to an undisclosed location,
> whatever.  It sounds evil, but do you really think a government
> can justify /not/ doing something in such a case?
>
> "Yes, the guy that killed 5,413 of your fellow countrymen landed
> at Heathrow two days ago.  Unfortunately, we didn't have an
> existing law in place, so we let him continue on to Syria.  So
> sorry."

And disappearing 5,414 of the "little people" who might have lead us to that 
guy, that's just collateral damage and acceptance losses, right?

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  Phlip
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