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I hear this was big. Hoping to replicate some of that tonight in Bmore. :cool:

Agreed. I saw Before Sunrise, and while "nice", it wasn't gripping. Before Sunset was fantastic.

The third world classification was weak, I'll admit. But traditionally, Brazil would be considered a third-world country, tho its reach on the international economic stage is significant these days. Japan is not third world. It is non-Western.

Audition - Japan - 1999 City of God - Brazil - 2002 Oldboy - Korea - 2003 Possible Loves - Brazil - 2001 Rashomon - Japan - 1950 The Road Home - China - 1999 The Seven Samurai - Japan - 1954 Shiri - Korea - 1999 Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War - Korea - 2004 Y Tu Mama Tambien - Mexico - 2001

Let's try this again. Top films anyone?

Idiotic isn't offensive? Split hairs how you choose.

Ever live here? Few people work themselves into early graves for a pittance in US. As my Kenyan college buddy said to me once, "Jesus, even the poor people are fat here."

Oh, I won't argue that lawyering is a self-serving field. But the point is that not everyone can do it, just as not everyone can do other things, like being a doctor or driving a bus. The point is that lawyers, doctors, and such are often highly specialized, highly educated, and the time...

I do not, in the least bit, blame WM or other MNCs for prohibiting unions. They are EXTREMELY expensive to a company; that's why so many major companies fight unionization in drastic ways, such as the WM butcher example. In my eyes, unions are useful where workers are unable to work in a safe...

I've been working for about 12 years, the last 5 of which have been in corporate legal work. Most companies do actively disregard laws -- generally those laws where the cost of compliance exceeds the cost of non-compliance. It's business, it's about profit -- it should surprise no one.

The difference between us is that I do not presume the value of a union. Unions today are largely devoted to a nearly mindless pursuit of higher pay, greater benefits, and more refined working conditions. All are admirable, however, the degree to which strikes like the NYC transit strike take...

For god's sake, you know what I mean. Non-Western cultures. I'm not a retard.

I'd say both, but really, small businesspeople are a different breed altogether. There's the corporate/governmental machine of highly structured, highly specialized employment, and then the upstart businesses and organizations that are more dynamic in structure and skill demands. I'd say that...

Good point. I'm in favor of union movements in developing nations, due to the work conditions and legal structures often existing there. In developed nations, with strong legislative support for working conditions and minimum pay? No. Unions have done their jobs.

Bingo.