Comments on: Monday Morning Update 12/22/08

By: Programmer

Programmer — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 01:05:19 +0000

Wompa, I’m not making any sort of argument, strawman or otherwise. I agree with you. 2 months of Christmas music, decorations, advertising, creche sets on the town square, and people insisting that it is an insult to the Baby Jesus to say happy holidays instead of MERRY CHRISTMAS are not enough. We need to put those minorities in their place.

By: Stop Prentending everyone

Stop Prentending everyone — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 00:37:51 +0000

You all can stop pretending. I know what is really going on here. Today is the first Day of Festivus, and you all are preforming “Airing of Grievances.”

I was so worried I was the only practitioner.

Happy Festivus to everyone.

Time to go perform the feat of strength against my girlfriend and my dog.

By: Wompa1

Wompa1 — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 23:35:03 +0000

B2B – I get it. He is half-arguing and half-joking, but it isn’t very original. He is trying to prove that because his rediculous examples don’t exist, that anything on the same theme is just as ridiculous. He is attempting a “reductio ad absurdum,” but it is really a Straw man argument (and a logical fallacy). He has not refuted anything, because he cannot.
I can’t say that I have noticed a fundamentalist tone here. Fundamentalist in what sense? That most people celebrate Christmas and find PC pandering to minorities to be both disingenuous and harmful to our culture? That’s fairly mainstream, irrespective of what people will say publicly (especially at work). Do you apply “fundie” to my positions on free-market solutions and government intervention? Please elaborate.
Your other question is more complex, so I’ll leave you with this to ponder: if US companies got the same quality of work for the same price from a US worker as an Indian worker, would they bother going overseas? Other than around-the-clock-development, there would be no advantage. It is a cost/value consideration (like everything). Until American cost goes down or quality way up, it won’t change, absent protectionist intervention of course.

By: back2basics

back2basics — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 22:12:36 +0000

Wompa I think that was a joke. Christmas music in July? More a commentary of the real or perceived “fundie” perspective of this blog, and some who post on it.. me thinks.

I wish some politics were left out of here personally and wish we could get back to why Mr. Bush is not trying to save his business model by trying to convince Americans that sending jobs to India is a good way to create jobs in America. Especially when the campaign rhetoric was all about creating jobs in America. And why I.T cannot possibly work in Healthcare. But that’s me personally, more of that less Amway and war on Christmas please HISTALK!

By: Programmer

Programmer — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 20:52:25 +0000

“an overly sensitive work culture that frowns upon any overtly Christian display or statement”

No, I agree completely. We are so sensitive about Christmas that we are forcing radio stations to wait until early November to start playing Christmas songs, while I have been hearing radio stations play Ramadan songs since July.

Free Baby Jesus!!