Subj : Re: How much should I charge for fixed-price software contract?
To   : comp.programming
From : gswork
Date : Mon Aug 29 2005 02:29 pm


Richard Heathfield wrote:
> gswork@mailcity.com said:
>
> > Irrespective of the morality of the above case (which is what should be
> > in question) i support the notion that different nations cooperate
> > where their laws are different and that they all endevour to follow a
> > well founded minimal set of ethics regarding human rights to freedom,
> > and that those who transgress are recognised as having an effect on
> > people in other nations (and their own of course!) and can and should
> > be challenged.
>
> So when are we going to sort out human rights abuses in North Korea,
> Zimbabwe, and the like?

when indeed, they certainly attract more attention than pdf formats,
unurprisingly.

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

or just the usual give and take of international politics and
economics.

> And how about human rights abuses in Britain? The USA? Let's not pretend
> they don't happen.

I don't think any in the west can credibly pretend they don't any more,
infact the west having comparably free media positively revells in it,
exposing with tenacity things the public elsewhere would never hear
about.

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