[OT] Outsourcing [ was Re: Legal aspects ]

[Roger Oberholtzer]

On Fri, 2004-01-30 at 22:30, Matthew Carpenter wrote:
> Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
> 
> > In Europe, Ireland is also a place for English speaking support. As my
> >
> >grandmother is Irish, I can get away with saying that speakers of
> >Irish-English are quite often unintelligible. At least to me. But, they are
> >native speakers of the language. It is usually much easier to understand a
> >Swede or a Dane speaking English as a second language than an Irish or a
> >Scotsmen speaking it as their first. So, I guess support should be located
> >within 100 miles of the client. I would also imagine that the Irishman would
> >get peeved if the support line was to California. For the same reason.
> >
> >So, I guess support should be located within 100 miles of the client.
>
> True, but how many other countries actually LIKE Americans?

Americans? Most countries.

The American government? Far fewer.

I have found that most folk do not want to be closely identified with
the activities of their own governments. And I do not think they should
be. And these same people seem to cut Americans the same slack.

I was in Riyadh when the US started bombing in Afghanistan. As I sat
with Saudis my age, they complained that bombing is wrong. (No thread
here please. It is just to provide context, not start a new discussion.)
How could the American government do that? But they were very clear to
point out that they like America and Americans. Just not the government.
In much the same way that they like Saudi Arabia and Saudis, just not
their government.

Any attacks on Americans for the sake of the attack are quire rare in
the grand scheme of things. They are not of the same action as tribal
attacks in, say, Africa, where the individuals are indeed the target.

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