Posted on 05/30/2004 8:40:34 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie
Cheesey spin alert.
I hope they enjoy their ill-gotten gains six feet under.
Let's not speak ill of murdered victims of terrorists.
They did not deserve their fate.
I don't speak ill of the dead. There is something unsettling though about living in a country where the term "outsourcing" takes on a permanent meaning.
WTF is your problem?
You have a problem with voluntarily doing work in exchange for salary? Explain. This sounds pretty demented.
My problem? Is it really worth it working in a country where Westerners are hated? I wouldn't wish their fate on my worst enemy. Its like blood money; no amount of inducements could make me move there and besides I'm lucky my religion keeps me out for good.
That's for... you to decide?
Its like blood money; no amount of inducements could make me move there and besides I'm lucky my religion keeps me out for good.
This is autiobiographical info.
What's this got to do with your twisted slander against murder victims and calling their gains "ill-gotten"?
And you put your money where your mouth is by boycotting any Saudi produced gas products, unlike all us terrorist supporting drivers out there.
I'd don't have a problem with working for a salary. I do have a problem working in place where your termination from your job is getting your dead body dragged behind a terrorhoid's car. So if it sounds pretty demented, its cause the Saudis have made their country unsafe for foreign expatriates to work in, not the other way around. Its not the victims fault they got murdered.
To quote Clint Eastwood in "Unforgiven":
"We all have it comin, kid."
YOur initial comment certainly did blame the victim. Misspoke it appears.
You missed the sarcasm. We should all be able to enjoy the fruits of our labor and for the record I have nothing against the dearly departed. It just seemed to me it was bad luck they tried making a living in a part of the world where they were told in the gristliest possible terms that they weren't welcome.
The A-hole headline seems to belittle the fact that these people could have met their deaths at the hands of terrorists ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.
"I hope they enjoy their ill-gotten gains six feet under."
WTF, are you some kind of perverted subspecies whom revels in the death of others?
You called their gains 'ill-gotten'. They are not.
Fine, decent people from the West have worked in Saudi Arabia, having as much right to what they earn as you or I.
One such man was my father, who worked for some years at Aramco.
You are very wrong on this one.
"Is it really worth it working in a country where Westerners are hated?"
Next time you see a Marine or Soldier returning from the GWOT posting in Iraq or Afghanistan, why dont you ask him? ... or her?
And some helpful advice: When you've got yourself in a hole, quit digging.
To quote Clint Eastwood in "Unforgiven":
"We all have it comin, kid."
Boy, ain't that the truth!
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