Max: > In general in my view these things are done > as well as they can be done, given the > mandate; the issue is what to make of the > results.
Precisely. I had cooked up many numbers myself, without any regret, because that was the best could have done given my mandate. In a sense, it was like "I am not guilty of killing those people because it was my mandate" thing. But at least my cooked up numbers did not have much influence on the majority of about seven billion people on earth. Maybe a few hundred thousand, tops? How else could I have survived where I was otherwise? This is what Doug fails to see. We live in an unethical world and it is okay to cheat, as long as you do not get caught. For example, this intellectual property thing is a thing of the academic world, at least, mostly, apart from other areas where having that right to that kind of "property" pays. In the business world, we all plagiarize and lie, if it is what the mandate is. Well! At least, this was what I had done when I was there, with no regrets, so to speak, since it was my mandate!!!... Best, Sabri __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
