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>>Agreed, though this thread was talking about a particular example, outsourcing to India. I believe that there is a lot of merit in a company focusing on its core purpose but outsourcing the rest. But not to other countries, unless those countries have similar protections for the environment, set minimum wages, workers rights to occupational health and safety, etc.
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>Sure, this would also be (a) the best scenario and (b) would level the playing field for all contenders, which in itself would probably reduce the volume of outsourcing.
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>>I Agree. "You appear to have..." might have been better as "Perhaps you have swallowed whole...". I really have no idea what you've been eating lately.
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>Gym everyday but to no avail. I only move the fat around - sort of like outsourcing.
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>>Agreed, I just find it hard not to respond to enormous over simplification and generalities. If someone posted that 'Tables are good', then I would feel compelled to argue otherwise.
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>I think this is an over-simplification. You argue regardless :)

Indeed! Argument is good. Argument is right. Argument works. Argument clarifies, cuts through and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Argument, in all of its forms -- Argument for life, for money, for love, knowledge -- has marked the upward surge of mankind.