The PM says salaries of CEOs should be "restrained".
What about...
Politicians, film stars, cricketers who earn in the zillions.
Government servants who don't seem to even do the work they are paid for.
Businessmen who don't pay any tax.
Farmers who don't pay any tax.
The gov'mint itself that spends on useless things.
Salary of the CEO is something that the company and it's shareholders have to decide. The gov'mint should intervene only if someone is breaking the law.
May 25, 2007
May 15, 2007
L writes about- Child rearing : Are grand parents being misused?
You can read her post here.
It's an interesting topic, no doubt, and she raises some good points. I won't go into into the details of those points though because there really isn't anything to debate about there.
All I would say is that we should not rush to deal out judgment, because we do not know the real circumstances of each case. For a lot of old people, rearing a grandchild is a dream come true, for which they may be willing to forgo the other luxuries of retired life. Indeed, they may not even consider as luxuries things that we take for granted we would like to do, like travel or religious activities or catching up with relatives. I think it's up to each individual to decide how their life is to be spent and if they like helping out their own children, what's wrong with that?
Of course, it goes without saying that it's wrong on the children's part to force their parents to do something they don't want to do. As L says, if the parents want to come and help, they are welcome but you should be able to plan your life without making the assumption that help will be available whenever you demand it.
Which brings us to the question of whether couples actually think before starting a family and given the struggles that I see many families going through, the answer is obviously a big "NO". Marriage/kids and logistics/finances somehow seem to be completely independent of each other for most people.
It's an interesting topic, no doubt, and she raises some good points. I won't go into into the details of those points though because there really isn't anything to debate about there.
All I would say is that we should not rush to deal out judgment, because we do not know the real circumstances of each case. For a lot of old people, rearing a grandchild is a dream come true, for which they may be willing to forgo the other luxuries of retired life. Indeed, they may not even consider as luxuries things that we take for granted we would like to do, like travel or religious activities or catching up with relatives. I think it's up to each individual to decide how their life is to be spent and if they like helping out their own children, what's wrong with that?
Of course, it goes without saying that it's wrong on the children's part to force their parents to do something they don't want to do. As L says, if the parents want to come and help, they are welcome but you should be able to plan your life without making the assumption that help will be available whenever you demand it.
Which brings us to the question of whether couples actually think before starting a family and given the struggles that I see many families going through, the answer is obviously a big "NO". Marriage/kids and logistics/finances somehow seem to be completely independent of each other for most people.
May 9, 2007
Quotes
For some reason, I quite enjoy re-reading parts of LOTR, it's quite profound if you think about it enough.
"Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement."
"I have no help to send, therefore I must go myself."
"All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost..."
"He should not vow to walk in the dark, who has not seen the nightfall."
"Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens."
"There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something. You certainly usually find something, if you look, but it is not always quite the something you were after."
"Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement."
"I have no help to send, therefore I must go myself."
"All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost..."
"He should not vow to walk in the dark, who has not seen the nightfall."
"Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens."
"There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something. You certainly usually find something, if you look, but it is not always quite the something you were after."
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Go here to get your own number:
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Here's the background:
"The people who control AACS, the copy protection technology used on HD-DVD and Blu-ray discs, are apparently trying to shut down websites that publish a certain 128-bit integer. The number is apparently a “processing key” used in AACS. Together with a suitable computer program, the key allows the decryption of video content on most existing HD-DVD and Blu-ray discs."
And of course, we do not like being told that certain numbers "belong" to a certain industry. So we give them a taste of their own medicine (how childish!). So head on over to that web page, read more background information and get your own 128 bit number.
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