Tom C wrote: > work for 1/3 what I am worth in the market. In the market there is no "worth" other than what someone is willing to pay.
Regards, Gautam > -----Original Message----- > From: [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2005 11:26 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: The Photographer's Rights > > > Bob Blakely wrote: > > > > >Valid and rational conclusion, or not, that IS what happens in > the normal > >course of human events. Further, the chicken was absolutely > right - until > >it's death. If I'm crapped on continually in ANY situation by people of > >some different (sub) culture, I WILL avoid the situation and those > >associated with it. I really don't give a twit about whether my > conclusions > >absolutely and in all cases right or wrong. Only that the > conclusion serves > >me for all practical purposes. It's just like theories in science. > >Newtonian relativity may not be complete, but we seldom have to > deal with > >velocities close to the speed of light or gravitational potentials > >differing sufficiently to make our clocks so inaccurate that > we'll miss a > >meeting. Therefore (save for some specialized fields of > endeavor) we think > >in terms of and use the everyday mathematics of Newtonian > relativity only. > >It successfully gets us through our lives with a minimum of > crap. So does > >avoiding those, who in our experience, are just too aggravating to be > >around. > > > > Bob Blakely (VOICE OF REASON). > > And I would add that one can have reached a certain general > conclusion while > keeping an open mind in individual instances. > > In my field I find that people of a certain ethnic background have an > overwheming propensity to lie about their experience, lie on > their resumes, > are arrogant, and will take my job and work for 1/3 what I am > worth in the > market. Greedy and stupid coporations are only too willing to > hire them. I > therefore dislike the majority of these people I have dealings > with. There > is the 10-20% of this ethnic majority that seem not to engage in this > behavior, and for them I have the same respect I would accord any other > fellow human. > > There is a clear distinction between *discrimination* and *prejudice*. > Discrimination *can* be a thoughtful intelligent act. Prejudice is not. > > Tom C. > > >
