| Soleron said: I want us (UK) to pull out right away. The country is unfixable however long we stay because the culture is such that democratic institutions don't last and human rights aren't held to be universal when they conflict with religion, and tribal mentality is still strong. We should come back in 50 years when they've achieved this themselves; I doubt democracy could have been imposed on the UK 200 years ago (culture wasn't ready). |
Id argue strongly that democracy has NOTHING to do with human rights (post 9/11 weve all problems with human rights). And i would caution you to label their culture as the reason for the conflict, but rather the illegal and openended invasion and occupation of their land. If it happened to me, and it was my kids who are dying at Weddings, i'd be just as upset.
“When we make some new announcement and if there is no positive initial reaction from the market, I try to think of it as a good sign because that can be interpreted as people reacting to something groundbreaking. ...if the employees were always minding themselves to do whatever the market is requiring at any moment, and if they were always focusing on something we can sell right now for the short term, it would be very limiting. We are trying to think outside the box.” - Satoru Iwata - This is why corporate multinationals will never truly understand, or risk doing, what Nintendo does.
