> -- >On Fri, Jan 19, 2001 at 04:13:32PM -1000, Reese wrote: >> > Then why were the troops laying siege to the compound, instead of >> > snatching koresh when he made one of his frequent trips into town? > >At 11:54 PM 1/19/2001 -0500, Declan McCullagh wrote: >> Because sometimes a show of force is perceved as necessary. >> >> Heck, employers do it to employees all the time. > >I cannot recall any employer ever calling security to stick guns in my face. We did the reverse to the CEO today. He joking claimed he was going to fire the Ops and IT departments. The four of us, comprising about 1/2 the Ops/IT staff, including one of the directors cheered. The look on his face couldn't be purchased with MasterCard. -- A quote from Petro's Archives: ********************************************** "As someone who has worked both in private industry and in academia, whenever I hear about academics wanting to teach ethics to people in business, I want to puke."--Thomas Sowell.
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