> I do believe we're looking at this from 2 different
> perspectives here - Udhay, you're looking at from
> the outside (the wanna-haves), so in order to get
> in, you must speak their language, while Frank is
> one of the insiders - the "haves and wanna keep"
> side, so a foreign language is only important if
> it's one of the 'pukka' ones (i.e. Western
> European).
No. Further back, I pointed out that I am not one of
the insiders and I quite clearly stated that I am
completely and uttely against the rule that European
languages (meaning English, English and English) are
not the only ones supposed to be spoken in commercial
contexts. Sorry, but I was arguing exactly the
opposite.
> be fetching scotch and soda for the sahibs, now
> you're answering their customer calls... then, you
> were forced to buy cotton from Lancashire or face
> the gunboats, now they're trying to force open your
> financial, telecom etc markets in the name of free
> trade.
The economic rise of Japan, China and India put paid
to those assumptions.
This is what I argued about. Incidentally, I dont
think there is much of a Western conquest going on. I
think that is precisely what most people in Europe
(and I was talking about Europe) deceive themselves
about.
-Frank
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