>too bad about the crappy horizontal scrolling in this thread.

Sorry, my fault. I use 1600 x 1200 on my monitor and it looked great to me.

>Regardless... your rationalization at the bottom is the "political" spin on it.

Not my rationalization; theirs. I think if it smells like a skunk, it's probably a skunk.

>But it isn't the same at all!
>Now jobs are leaving the country - difference #1.
>Now jobs are being done not by widget 'experts' but by EXPLOITED people, working under
>dangerous and unprotected conditions with no hope of betterment in those conditions. That's difference #2.
>Finally, the final destination is China, because it offers a labour pool that is too irresistable for an MBA.
>With CONTROL that can only be dreamed of elsewhere in the world.

I agree with every point you make.